Film director. Born in Kyoto City. After graduating from Kyoto Prefectural First Middle School, he joined Shochiku's Kamata Studio in 1924 (Taisho 13). After transferring to Tokyo Seisho, his film "Young People" (1937), which depicts a tender relationship between a teacher and a female student, attracted fresh attention. He established his foothold in films such as "The Nightingale" (1938), which portrayed the realities of rural society at the time in a group of human figures, and "Spring on a Small Island" (1940), which was set in the Seto Inland Sea and dealt with leprosy patients, and after World War II he became known as a master of "literary films" with his film adaptations of famous literary works such as "The Wild Geese" (1953), "Married Couple Zenzai" (1955), "A Cat, Shozo and Two Women" (1956), "Snow Country" (1957), "A Dark Night's Journey" (1959), and "The Tale of the East of the Sea" (1960). His true talent is best displayed in "Married Couple Zenzai," which vividly depicts the joys and sorrows of a "squalid woman and a worthless man" in the lives of ordinary people through detailed environmental descriptions and in a humorous way. Other works include Sweet Sweat (1964) and Man in Ecstasy (1973). [Tomonori Saeki] Documents List of Director's Works Painted Lips (1929) Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
映画監督。京都市に生まれる。京都府立一中卒業後、1924年(大正13)松竹蒲田(かまた)撮影所に入社。東京発声に移籍後、教師と女生徒の淡い関係を描いた『若い人』(1937)がフレッシュな話題をよび注目を浴びる。以降、当時の農村社会の実情を人間群像のなかに浮き彫りにした『鶯(うぐいす)』(1938)、瀬戸内海を舞台にハンセン病患者を扱った『小島の春』(1940)などで地歩を占め、第二次世界大戦後の『雁(がん)』(1953)、『夫婦善哉(めおとぜんざい)』(1955)、『猫と庄造(しょうぞう)と二人のをんな』(1956)、『雪国』(1957)、『暗夜行路』(1959)、『濹東綺譚(ぼくとうきたん)』(1960)などの著名文学作品の映画化で「文芸映画」の名匠として知られた。その本領は庶民生活における「わわしい女とだめ男」の悲喜こもごもの姿を、克明な環境描写でユーモラスに活写した『夫婦善哉』に集約的に発揮されている。ほかに『甘い汗』(1964)、『恍惚(こうこつ)の人』(1973)などがある。 [佐伯知紀] 資料 監督作品一覧彩られる唇(1929) 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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