Film

Sound in the Mist

1956 · 1h 24m · Drama · Romance

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night, Kazuhiko's wife Kazuyo comes to see them and confronts the professor about his extramarital affair, and Tsuruko, an inevitable witness to the confrontation, leaves the professor the following morning. Over the next decade, whenever he visits the mountain cabin every autumn equinox, the memory of Tsuruko will forever haunt Kazuhiko...

Ken Uehara

Kazuhiko Onuma

Michiyo Kogure

Tsuruko

Keizō Kawasaki

Masao Yagi

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Takeshi Sakamoto

Bontarō Miake

Kumeko Urabe

Eijirō Yanagi

Kōji Shimizu

Yoshiko Fujita

Yuko

Midori Ejima

Setsuko Hama

Mineko Yorozuyo

Hiroshi Ueda

Sumao Ishihara

Osamu Maruyama

• Hiroshi ShimizuDirector
• Yoshikata YodaScreenplay
• Hideji HōjōNovel
• Masaichi NagataExecutive Producer
• Sōichi AisakaDirector of Photography
• Akira IfukubeOriginal Music Composer

Release date

November 21, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

M/12

Genres

Drama, Romance