Singing Lovebirds

Singing Lovebirds
Screenshot from the film
Directed byMasahiro Makino
StarringChiezō Kataoka
Takashi Shimura
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
Music byTokujirō Ōkubo
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 December 1939 (1939-12-14)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Singing Lovebirds (鴛鴦歌合戦, Oshidori utagassen) is a 1939 Japanese musical comedy film directed by Masahiro Makino. Makino made the film in only two weeks while the production of another film, Yaji Kita Dōchūki, was put on hold after its star, Chiezō Kataoka, came down with appendicitis (Kataoka's scenes in Singing Lovebirds were filmed in only a few hours).[1] The film, however, has become "the most frequently revived Japanese pre-war musical film," featuring music ranging from jazz to jōruri, and music stars like Dick Mine.[1] Masahiro Makino produced other musicals, like Hanako-san (1943) and was known for his rhythmic style. Singing Lovebirds also features Takashi Shimura, most famous as the lead samurai in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, in a singing role.

Plot

Screenshot from the film

Oharu is the daughter of Kyōsai Shimura, a rōnin who now makes his living making umbrellas. She is in love with another rōnin, Reisaburō Asai, who lives next door, but he is being pursued by two of the town beauties, Otomi and Fujio. To make things even more difficult for Oharu, her father is obsessed with antiques, buying them even though he has little money and even when most of them eventually turn out to be fakes. A mistake, however, puts him deeply in debt to the local lord, Minezawa Tanba no Kami, and he is confronted with having to sell Oharu in order to pay it off.

Cast

Adaptation

  • In 2023, Japanese all-female theatre troupe Takarazuka Revue staged a musical production of the film under the same title. The production was adapted and directed by Naoko Koyanagi, and starred Flower Troupe's Rei Yuzuka as Reisaburō Asai, Madoka Hoshikaze as Oharu, Shou Kazumi as Kyōsai Shimura, Sea Towaki as Tanbanokami Minezawa, Misaki Hoshizora as Otomi and Ai Mihane as Fujio.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Schilling, Mark. "Singing Love Birds". Udine Far East Film. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  2. ^ "鴛鴦歌合戦". Takarazuka Revue Official Website. Hankyu Corporation. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
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