Typhoon Over Nagasaki
| Typhoon Over Nagasaki | |
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| Directed by | Yves Ciampi |
| Written by | Jean-Charles Tacchella Zenzô Matsuyama Annette Wademant Yves Ciampi |
| Produced by | Jacques Bar Raymond Froment Kuratarô Takamura |
| Starring | Danielle Darrieux Jean Marais Keiko Kishi Gert Fröbe |
| Cinematography | Henri Alekan |
| Edited by | Roger Dwyre |
| Music by | Chuji Kinoshita |
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| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Countries | France Japan West Germany |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 2,974,430 admissions (France)[1] |
Typhoon Over Nagasaki (French: Typhon sur Nagasaki) is a 1957 French-Japanese-West German romantic drama directed by Yves Ciampi and starring Danielle Darrieux, Jean Marais, Keiko Kishi and Gert Fröbe.[2][3]
It was shot in Japan in Nagasaki, Hiroshima and Osaka. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Gys and Kisaku Itô.
Plot
[edit]Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working at the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards is in love with a young local woman Noriko Sakurai. However, when he encounters a former lover, the journalist Françoise Fabre he drifts apart from Noriko. Tragedy strikes when a typhoon overwhelms the region.
Cast
[edit]- Danielle Darrieux as Françoise Fabre
- Jean Marais as Pierre Marsac
- Keiko Kishi as Noriko Sakurai
- Sō Yamamura as Hori
- Hitomi Nozoe as Saeko Sakurai
- Kumeko Urabe as Fujita
- Gert Fröbe as Ritter
- Shinobu Asaji as Keiko Ritter
References
[edit]- ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
- ^ Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) at the Films de France
- ^ Parish p.361
Bibliography
[edit]- Parish, James Robert. Film Actors Guide: Western Europe. Scarecrow Press, 1977.
External links
[edit]- Typhoon Over Nagasaki at IMDb
- Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) at the Films de France
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