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The Song Lantern

Audience Score
68
The Song Lantern
NR 1 hr 33 minDrama
A selfabsorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer who then commits suicide His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actors daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence Naruse employed a delicately structured miseenscene in this family melodrama which evokes the work of Josef von Sternberg

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Toho Eiga Co Ltd