Kusa wo Karu Musume "Shishun no Izumi" Kaidai Ban

[Machine Translation] Love born from the warmth of sunlight and hay! A breath of troubled youth that stirs the hearts of young girls! Ken Utsui's debut work, a highly acclaimed literary film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa, is now available on DVD for the first time. Nobuo Nakagawa adapted the short story "The Grass-Cutter's Daughter" by Yojiro Ishizaka of "Blue Mountains" fame. This is an idyllic coming-of-age film set in a farming village in the Tohoku region. The film depicts the perilous nature of love between a young man and woman and the tragedies and joys of the people who watch over them, interspersed with the original rural landscape. The cast is impressive since it was made in cooperation with the Haiyuza Theater. The young Viper, Sato Makoto, Masahiko Naruse, Akiko Nomura, and others also appear in minor roles. This film was first shown in theaters as "Shounen no Izumi" (The Fountain of Adolescence), but was retitled "Kusa wo Marieru Musume" (The Grass-Cutter's Daughter) when it was shown again. The DVD version of the film is based on the existing material of the retitled version. --For people living in farming villages in the Tohoku region, cutting the grass in autumn was one of the most enjoyable annual events. It is also the season when love blossoms, especially among young people. Every year at this time, Grandma Sodeko and Grandma Tameko put together the young people's marriages. This year, the two old ladies decide to arrange a marriage between Moyoko and Tokizo, and they visit a fortune teller to see if the matchmaking will be successful or not. The fortune-telling came back favorable and things seemed to be off to a good start, but the appearance of Chonmaru, a geisha in town, casts a cloud of suspicion over the situation. One day, Tokizo suddenly pushes Moyoko down in a moment of youthful indiscretion. Moyoko is so surprised that she bites Tokizo's finger. Grandma Tokizo sues Officer Nakamura of the town for damages, and Grandma Sodeko claims defamation. What was just a simple marriage develops into an uproar involving the two villages.

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陽光のぬくもりと乾草から生まれた恋! 乙女の胸をかきたてる悩ましい青春の息吹き! 宇津井健のデビュー作で、中川信夫が監督した文芸映画の中でも評価が高い作品が初DVD化。「青い山脈」の石坂洋次郎の短篇「草を刈る娘」を中川信夫が映画化。東北の農村を舞台にした牧歌的な青春映画。恋愛に対する若い男女の危うさ、二人を見守る人々の悲喜交々を農村の原風景と交差させながら描いている。俳優座との提携作品なため出演俳優が豪勢。若き日の毒蝮三太夫や佐藤允、成瀬昌彦、野村昭子なども端役で出演。本作品は「思春の泉」として初公開されたが、再上映時に原作名の「草を刈る娘」へ改題している。今回の商品化では現存する改題版の素材をもとにDVDを制作している。――東北の農村で暮らす人々にとって秋の草刈りは年中行事の中でも楽しみの一つだった。特に若者たちの間で恋が芽生える季節でもある。毎年この時期に若者たちの縁組をまとめてきたそで子婆さんとため子婆さん。今年はモヨ子と時造の縁組をまとめようと話しがまとまり、2人の婆さんは占い師を訪ねて縁談の吉凶を占う。占いは吉と出て順調な滑り出しに見えたが、町の芸者チョン丸の出現で雲行きが怪しくなっていく。そんなある日、時造が若気の至りからモヨ子を突然押し倒してしまう。それに対してモヨ子は驚いて時造の指に噛み付いてしまった。町の中村巡査に損害賠償を訴えるため子婆さんと名誉毀損を主張するそで子婆さん。ただの縁組は二つの村を巻き込んだ騒動に発展していく。