Film

Passion Fire

1952 · 1h 49m · Drama

The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu Uzen fled to Edo. Local officials like Yoshida Bunsuke and Yoshizumi Hironoshin showed their allegiance by welcoming them. The commander at the time, Umemura Hayami, was a former member of the Tengu Party and had previously been pursued in the town. He took refuge in a restaurant named Kabuya, and owing to a tip-off from a woman named Oraku, he was almost captured for her lover, Yoshizumi. Oraku and Yoshizumi probably feared revenge from that previous encounter, but Umemura had come back to Hida because he couldn't forget Oraku.

Masao Wakahara

梅村速水

Michiyo Kogure

合羽屋おらく

Hizuru Takachiho

つる

So Yamamura

奥田金馬太郎

Minoru Ōki

郷土弥平

Daijiro Natsukawa

吉住弘之進

Eijirō Yanagi

吉田文助

Hisano Yamato

文助の妻

Hiroshi Aoyama

押上屋

Kodayu Ichikawa

新見内膳

Kunitaro Sawamura

東征軍隊長大村

Joji Kaieda

脇田

Kenzō Tanaka

山田

Mitsuo Nagata

村上俊介

Eiichi Nozawa

川上屋

• Hideo ŌbaDirector
• Takao YanaiScreenplay
• Hyōgo SuzukiScreenplay
• 高木貢一Producer
• Haruo TakenoDirector of Photography
• Hiroshi YoshizawaOriginal Music Composer

Release date

December 10, 1952

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Drama