A Portrait of Shunkin (1976)
Original title: 春琴抄
A Portrait of Shunkin is a 1976 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Katsumi Nishikawa, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura and Ikue Sakakibara.
Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight.
Cast
- Momoe Yamaguchi as Okoto(お琴)
- Tomokazu Miura as Sasuke(佐助)
- Ikue Sakakibara as お吉
- Ryūji Shinagawa as Senkichi(千吉)
- Toru Wakasugi as 富三郎
- Akira Nagoya as Zensuke(善助)
- Akiko Kazami as Shige(しげ)
- Takako Kitagawa as お種
- Moeko Ezawa as Geisha(芸妓)
- Hōsei Komatsu as Ichizo(市蔵)
- Masakazu Kuwayama as Yohei Nukui(温井与平)
- Nobuo Nakamura as Harumatsu(春松検校)