1941 | Japan | Fiction

Kanzashi (Ornamental Hairpin)

  • Japanese 71 mins
  • Director | Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Writer | Kihan Nagase
  • Producer | Yasuyuki Arai

STATUS: Released

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Two bruised souls enact a tender, hesitant romance in Hiroshi Shimizu’s alternately poignant and playful wartime love story. A soldier (Chishu Ryu) is forced to prolong his stay at a rural spa when he accidentally cuts his foot on the titular object. Soon enough he tracks down its lovely owner (Kinuyo Tanaka) and finds himself smitten.

Romance Wartime Tenderness Chance Longing
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The Criterion Collection
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