Comments on: Chieko-shō (1967)

By: Bernie

Bernie — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 02:03:07 +0000

Lovely film, and the score is sublime.

By: Pervin

Pervin — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:09:51 +0000

Brilliant movie. Shima Iwashita shines. Nakamura a great Director.
Thank you for making this available and sharing it with the world.

By: Brian Camp

Brian Camp — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:17:53 +0000

I only just discovered this film and TWIN SISTERS OF KYOTO (KOTO). They’re masterpieces! Both were nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in their respective years, so why have they been neglected so long? And why is their director, Noboru Nakamura so obscure in this country? Nakamura’s right up there with Ozu and Naruse. Shima Iwashita is right up there with Setsuko Hara and Hideko Takamine. Nakamura is mentioned only in passing in one of Donald Richie’s books on Japanese film but not either of these films. In my library of other books on Japanese film, only one devotes space to Nakamura and these films: “A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors,” by Alexander Jacoby. Why isn’t Criterion devoting attention to this director? Why did Shochiku make subtitled prints for the Academy and then do nothing with them afterwards? Nakamura’s work was conspicuously absent from the Japanese film festivals I used to attend regularly in New York 40 and 50 years ago. These would have been major discoveries.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:59:13 +0000

Many thanks for making this available. I’ve written a review and included a link to your site at https://martindowsing.blogspot.com/2023/11/portrait-of-chieko-chieko-sho-1967.html

By: Vidor

Vidor — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:15:25 +0000

A big contribution to film history, here.

By: William Edwards

William Edwards — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 13:35:43 +0000

Wow. This has been so long on my wish list and I watched it as soon as I could.
Utterly brilliant in every respect.