Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)
Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new.
Released: Jun 15, 1962
Runtime: 113 minutes
Stars: Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sō Yamamura, Jūkichi Uno, Eijirō Tōno, Fukuko Sayo
Crew: Yoshishige Yoshida (Director), Masao Shirai (Executive Producer), Shinji Fujiwara (Original Story), Yoshishige Yoshida (Screenplay), Tōichirō Narushima (Director of Photography), Tatsuo Hamada (Art Direction)