Untamed a.k.a. Untamed Woman (あらくれ, Arakure) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a novel by Shūsei Tokuda.[1][2][3]
| Untamed | |
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| Kanji | あらくれ |
| Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
| Written by | Yōko Mizuki |
| Based on | Rough Living (Arakure) 1915 novel by Shūsei Tokuda |
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Starring | Hideko Takamine |
| Cinematography | Masao Tamai |
| Edited by | Eiji Ooi |
| Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date | |
Running time | 121 minutes[1][2] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot summary
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Ōshima
- Ken Uehara as Tsuru
- Masayuki Mori as Hamaya
- Daisuke Katō as Onoda
- Eijirō Tōno as Ōshima's father
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Sotaro
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kimura
- Teruko Kishi as Ōshima's mother
- Chieko Nakakita as Osuzu
- Takeshi Sakamoto as Kisuke
- Takashi Shimura as owner of the rice mill
- Mitsuko Miura as Oyuri
- Natsuko Kahara as Otoku
Reception
Donald Richie and Joseph L. Anderson found in protagonist Ōshima "one of the strongest characters Naruse ever created", but also an out-of-place "postwar strain of neuroticism" in Hideko Takamine's interpretation.[4]
Awards
- Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress Hideko Takamine (for Untamed and Times of Joy and Sorrow)[5]
Background
Untamed was Japan's submission to the 30th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[6]
