Film

The Swan Elegy

1966 · 1h 20m · Romance · Drama

One day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she has a fiancé. On top of this, Reiko, suffering between two men, learns from her father that she is the child of her deceased mother and uncle. In this ambitious work, Sayuri Yoshinaga takes on the role of a girl who loves two men at the same time. The latest work from the golden duo of director Katsumi Nishikawa and actress Sayuri Yoshinaga, who created many masterpieces such as “The Izu Dancer”.

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Tetsuya Watari

Terumi Niki

Hiroshi Sekiguchi

Shizue Natsukawa

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Shintaro Okuno

Masao Shimizu

Koichiro Kobayashi

Reiko Arai

• Katsumi NishikawaDirector
• Zenzō MatsuyamaStory · Screenplay
• Kuratarō TakamuraDirector of Photography
• Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
• Akira SuzukiEditor

Release date

October 29, 1966

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Romance, Drama