Hana Tsumi Nikki

[Machine Translation] [The film is a new ambitious story by Tamizo Ishida, one of the best of his generation at depicting the group life of young women. --In the class of Fuyo Kajiyama (Kuniko Ashihara), a teacher at a girls' school in Osaka, there is Eiko Shinohara (Hideko Takamine), who stands out for her bright personality. She is the only daughter of a geisha house in Soemon-cho. One day, Eiko hits it off with Mitsuru Sada ( Misako Shimizu ), who has transferred from Tokyo. They became good friends and promised to embroider an embroidery with their names on it for Mr. Kajiyama's birthday. However, when Eiko suddenly decides to give a French doll with their names on it, Mitsuru believes that Eiko was trying to be the only good girl, and their friendship is broken. Eiko quits school to work as a maiko, and the two are separated. One day, Eiko, who is lying in bed sick, learns that Mitsuru's brother ( Susumu Mita ) has been called away. Eiko goes to the city in search of a thousand needles for Mitsuru... This is the first film in which Kuniko Ashihara, a star of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue, appears. The scene of Hideko Takamine's senjinbari was filmed on Shinsaibashi-dori, but it was very difficult to organize the scene because of the crowds of spectators.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: stills gallery

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[東宝DVD名作セレクション] そっと近づいた囁き、あなたが好きよ、指きりをして誓ったの、胸がどきどきして・・・若き女性の集団生活を描いて当代随一の石田民三の新野心篇!! ――大阪の女学校教師・梶山芙蓉 (葦原邦子) のクラスには、一際目立って明るい性格の篠原栄子 (高峰秀子) がいる。彼女は、宗右衛門町の芸者屋の一人娘だった。ある日、東京から転校してきた佐田みつる (清水美佐子) と栄子は意気投合。仲良しになり、梶山先生の誕生日に二人の名前を入れた刺繍を贈ろうという約束をした。しかし、栄子が急にフランス人形を二人の名で贈ろうと思い立ったことから、みつるは栄子が自分だけ良い子になろうとしたのだと思い込んでしまい、二人の仲は破れる。栄子は学校をやめて舞妓として働くことになり、二人は離れ離れになる。ある日、病で臥せていた栄子はみつるの兄 (三田進) が招集されたことを知った。栄子は、みつるのために千人針を求めて街へ出るのだった・・・。宝塚少女歌劇のスター、葦原邦子の第一回出演作品。高峰秀子の千人針のシーンは心斎橋通りで撮影されたが、見物人が押しかけて現場の整理がたいへんだったとか。

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