The Song Lantern (movie)
歌行燈- User score: 6.8
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Mikio Naruse
- Production companies: Toho Eiga Co., Ltd.
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 2/11/1943
- Run time: 93 min.
Movie description
A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him, leading the once promising actor to a life on the streets. But his desire to win back the respect of his father and the affection of the dead actor's daughter pushes him toward a more noble existence. Naruse employed a delicately structured mise-en-scene in this family melodrama, which evokes the work of Josef von Sternberg.
