Kiku to Isamu

Kiku to Isamu
Kiku to Isamu
	Scene from the film
Japanese name
Kanji	キクとイサム
Directed by	Tadashi Imai
Written by	Yōko Mizuki
Produced by	Takerō Itō; Kiichi Ichikawa;
Starring	Tanie Kitabayashi
Cinematography	Shunichirō Nakao
Music by	Masao Ōki
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	March 29, 1959;
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kiku and Isamu (キクとイサム, Kiku to Isamu) is a 1959 Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai^[1] which addresses the subject of children from interracial relationships.^[2]

Cast

Emiko Takahashi
George Okunoyama
Tanie Kitabayashi
Kōji Mitsui
Osamu Takizawa
Rentarō Mikuni
Seiji Miyaguchi
Eijirō Tōno
Masao Oda
Masao Mishima
Teruko Nagaoka

Awards and nominations

10th Blue Ribbon Awards^[3]

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Actress - Tanie Kitabayashi
Won: Best Screenplay - Youko Mizuki

References

^ ^a ^b "キクとイサム (Kiku and Isamu)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

[jmdb-1] "キクとイサム (Kiku and Isamu)" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[Jacoby-2] Jacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.

[3] ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

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