Poppy (1935)

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. But she falls in love with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono is himself bound by an engagement to Sayoko, the daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue. The self-centered Fujio is ready to forsake everything for Ono, but he is prevailed upon to go ahead with his marriage to Sayoko. Fujio then offers the watch to Munechika who, perceiving Fujio’s true feelings, hurls the watch into the sea.

Directing:
  • Kenji Mizoguchi

Writing:
  • Natsume Sōseki
  • Daisuke Itō
  • Haruo Takayanagi

Stars:
Release Date: 1935-10-31
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  • Country: JP
  • Language: 日本語
  • Runtime: 72
Yōko Umemura
Yōko Umemura
Fujio's mother
Ichirō Tsukida
Ichirō Tsukid...
Seizo Ono
Kasuke Koizumi
Kasuke Koizum...
Land owner
Yukichi Iwata
Yukichi Iwata
Tomotaka Inoue
Daijirō Natsukawa
Daijirō Natsu...
Hajime Munechika
Kuniko Miyake
Kuniko Miyake
Fujio Kono
Chiyoko Ôkura
Chiyoko Ôkura
Sayako Inoue
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