Sado Love Story - Sadojowa

Japanese: 佐渡情話 - さどじょうわ

A rokyoku (traditional Japanese folk song) piece. It is said to have been written by rokyoku performer Suzuki Yonewaka on the spot in 1933 when he was recording it on a record. It is a love story set in Sado between Gosaku, who is rescued during a storm while out fishing from Kashiwazaki, and a local girl called O-Mitsu. The beautiful, mournful voice of O-Mitsu, unable to forget her lover, travels to Kashiwazaki in a tub boat, and this became a hit, raising Suzuki Yonewaka's status as a rokyoku performer. It was also made into a film in 1934, starring Yamada Isuzu as O-Mitsu. [Yano Seiichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

浪曲の演目。浪曲家の寿々木米若（すずきよねわか）が，1933年，レコード吹き込みの際即席で書き上げたといわれる。柏崎から漁に出て嵐のなか助けられた吾作と，土地の娘お光の，佐渡を舞台とする恋物語だが，恋人を忘れかねるお光が，たらいの船で柏崎を指して行くくだりの哀調あふれた美声が評判となって，浪曲師としての寿々木米若の地位を高めた。34年に山田五十鈴のお光で映画化もされている。【矢野誠一】

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