Wuthering Heights (1988 film)
Wuthering Heights (嵐が丘, Arashi ga Oka) is a 1988 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida,[1] based on the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë.[2] It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
| Arashi ga Oka (Wuthering Heights) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yoshishige Yoshida |
| Written by | Yoshishige Yoshida |
| Based on | Wuthering Heights 1847 novel by Emily Brontë |
| Produced by | Francis von Buren Kazunobu Yamaguchi |
| Starring | Yūsaku Matsuda |
| Cinematography | Junichiro Hayashi |
| Edited by | Takao Shirai |
| Music by | Tôru Takemitsu |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
The film retells the events of Emily Bronte's tale of vengeance and obsessive love, set in medieval Japan.[4] Each character acts as the original novel's equivalent. For example, the protagonists of Bronte's novel, Heathcliff and Catherine, are Onimaru and Kinu in this film
Cast
- Yūsaku Matsuda as Onimaru
- Yūko Tanaka as Kinu Yamabe
- Rentarō Mikuni as Takamaru
- Tatsuo Nadaka as Mitsuhiko
- Eri Ishida as Tae
- Nagare Hagiwara as Hidemaru
- Keiko Ito as Shino
- Masato Furuoya as Yoshimaru
- Tomoko Takabe as Kinu, daughter
- Masao Imafuku as Ichi
- Shin Ueda as Suka
- Taro Shigaki
References
- "Yoshishige Yoshida". kotobank. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- "嵐が丘". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- "Festival de Cannes: Wuthering Heights". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
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