The Heart (心, Kokoro), also titled Love Betrayed, is a 1973 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. It is based on the 1914 novel Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki.[1][2][3]
| The Heart | |
|---|---|
| 心 | |
| Directed by | Kaneto Shindō |
| Written by |
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| Produced by |
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| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Kiyomi Kuroda |
| Edited by | Mitsuo Kondo |
| Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
Release date | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Cast edit
- Noboru Matsuhashi as K
- Kazunaga Tsuji as S
- Nobuko Otowa as Mrs. M.
- Anri as I-ko
- Taiji Tonoyama as Father of S
- Yasuo Arakawa as Boy
- Sotomi Kotake as Girl
Literary source edit
Sōseki's novel has been adapted for film and television numerous times, the first time for cinema by Kon Ichikawa in 1955 as The Heart. For his version, writer/director Shindō moved the story's Meiji era setting to the 1970s[4] and put his focus only on the novel's third and final part, "Sensei to isho" ("Sensei's testament").[5]
Reception edit
While Louis Frédéric ranked The Heart among Shindō's important films,[6] Max Tessier criticised Shindō's "leaden directing" and "heavy-handed psychology".[7]
References edit
- ^ a b "心 (Kokoro)" (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ a b "心 (Kokoro)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
- ^ Natsume, Sōseki (2014). Kokoro: de wegen van het hart. Lebowski Publishers. ISBN 9789048836109.
- ^ Cazdyn, Eric (2001). "The Ends of Adaptation: Kon Ichikawa and the Politics of Cinematization". Kon Ichikawa. Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto International Film Festival Group. p. 224. ISBN 9780968296936.
- ^ Frédéric, Louis (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 864. ISBN 9780674007703.
- ^ Tessier, Max (2001). "Kon Ichikawa: Black Humour as Therapy". Kon Ichikawa. Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto International Film Festival Group. p. 81. ISBN 9780968296936.
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