Hiroshi SHIMIZU 清水浩
Ornamental Hairpin
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Nippon Retro ²
In ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN, Hiroshi SHIMIZU tells a tender love story set against the backdrop of World War II. Wounded soldier Nomura recovers in a bathhouse, where he sustains another injury by stepping on a lost hairpin. The owner of the pin turns out to be Emi (Kinuyo TANAKA), who then travels from Tokyo to apologize. Both begin to develop feelings for each other – despite knowing that the soldier will have to return to the war after his recovery.
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Classic Drama Romance
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Kanzashi
Japan 1941
68 minutes
Director
Hiroshi SHIMIZU
Script
Hiroshi SHIMIZU based on a short story by Masuji IBUSE
Cinematography
Suketaro IKAI
Music
Kyoyo ASAI
Production
Shochiku
World sales
Shochiku
Film print
Japan Foundation
Cast
Kinuyo TANAKA, Chishu RYU, Tatsuo SAITO, Shinichi HIMORI, Hideko MIMURA
About Hiroshi SHIMIZU
清水浩
His debut film IKINAI (1998) won awards at several festivals. SHIMIZU worked as an assistant director on six films by Takeshi KITANO (Sonatine, Getting Any, Kids Return, Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Brother).