Flame of My Love Films Sans Frontieres

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

Films sans frontières (Firm)

Language:

Japanese

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 24 min., 2 sec)) sound

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1949]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government. Eiko and Omoi are jailed because of a fire at a factory instigated by Chiyo, a servant girl from Eiko's home in Okayama, who was sold to slavery. A few years later the 1889 constitution is proclaimed, Eiko, Omoi, and Chiyo are pardoned, and the Liberal Party is reinaugurated. However Omoi does not campaign for women's rights. Featuring Kinuyo Tanaka, Ichiro Sugai, Eitaro Ozawa. Country of production: Japan. (With English subtitles.) Also released as Waga koi wa moenu. <br /><br />Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised.

Contents:

Flame of My Love (24:02);

Notes:

Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1949

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2016

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1143509587

Publisher Number:

56883 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license