Flame of My Love
わが恋は燃えぬ
A melodrama that folds women’s rights into a love triangle, 19th-century Japan edition. Eiko flees Okayama for Tokyo, joins a doomed Liberal Party, and tangles with its disgraced leader. It keeps the romance warm, the politics tepid.
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi · Written by Yoshikata Yoda, Kaneto Shindō
Starring Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirō Sugai, Eitarō Ozawa, Shinobu Araki