Readings in Modern Japanese Literature

This video is a delicate and beautiful rendering of the classic love story by Miura Tetsuo, winner of Japan's Akutagawa Prize for Literature. Though not a fully dramatized presentation, viewers will experience the power of the original text while contemplating the images of a traditional Japanese inn sumptuously photographed by one of Japan's major film directors.

Set in a remote hot spring resort, deep in mountainous snow country, Shinobugawa depicts the emerging love of a student, identified only as "I" for a young waitress named Shino. As the story is read, the interplay between the two actors gently suggests the emerging love affair.

Selected Film Credits

Original story: Miura Tetsuo
Producer: Kawamura Naonori
Director: Obayashi Nobuhiko
Music: Manabu Sotaro
Production: KAZUMO Co.
Copyright: NHK Enterprises 21,INC.

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