After meeting with Meiji era feminist and Liberal Party member Toshiko Kishida, the school of young teacher Eiko in Okayama is closed by the prefecture officials. She leaves her oppressive environment for Tokyo, following her boyfriend Hayase, but Hayase acts reserved when she reunites with him. Omoi, a prominent Liberal Party politician, offers her a job at the party's newspaper. When Hayase is caught spying on the party for the government, she breaks ties with him and becomes Omoi's lover.
Eiko and Omoi are arrested during the turmoils of the Chichibu incident and sentenced to several years' imprisonment, where Eiko witnesses the same abuse of the female inmates as before of the women labourers in the textile mills. After the 1889 amnesty of political prisoners, Omoi regroups the party, supported by Eiko. When Eiko is confronted with Omoi's adulterous behaviour, which he blatantly asks her to accept, she realises that he too still nurtures an attitude of male preeminence. She announces to leave him and return to Okayama to establish a school for young women, convinced that only proper education can lead to female liberation.
In his Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors, film scholar Alexander Jacoby rated Flame of My Love as one of "Mizoguchi's most outspoken films" and a "startling trenchant study of female emancipation" whose conclusion "remains unparalleled in Western popular film".[3]
References
^ abc"わが恋は燃えぬ (Flame of My Love)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ abc"わが恋は燃えぬ (Flame of My Love)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 April 2021.
^ abJacoby, Alexander (2008). Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors: From the Silent Era to the Present Day. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. p. 180. ISBN978-1-933330-53-2.
^"わが恋は燃えぬ (Flame of My Love)". Shochiku (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
External links
"わが恋は燃えぬ (Flame of My Love)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
December 27, 2022
flame, love, わが恋は燃えぬ, waga, moenu, love, been, burning, 1949, japanese, historical, drama, film, directed, kenji, mizoguchi, loosely, based, life, feminist, hideko, fukuda, waga, moenudirected, bykenji, mizoguchiwritten, bykaneto, shindōyoshikata, yodakōgo, no. Flame of My Love わが恋は燃えぬ Waga koi wa moenu a k a My Love Has Been Burning is a 1949 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi 1 2 3 It is loosely based on the life of feminist Hideko Fukuda 4 Waga koi wa moenuDirected byKenji MizoguchiWritten byKaneto ShindōYoshikata YodaKōgo Noda story Produced byToshio ItoyaStarringKinuyo TanakaMitsuko MitoKuniko MiyakeIchirō SugaiCinematographyTomotarō NashikiKōhei SugiyamaEdited bySakane TazukoMusic bySenji ItōProductioncompanyShōchikuDistributed byShōchikuRelease dateFebruary 15 1949 1949 02 15 1 2 Running time84 minutes 1 2 LanguageJapanese Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditAfter meeting with Meiji era feminist and Liberal Party member Toshiko Kishida the school of young teacher Eiko in Okayama is closed by the prefecture officials She leaves her oppressive environment for Tokyo following her boyfriend Hayase but Hayase acts reserved when she reunites with him Omoi a prominent Liberal Party politician offers her a job at the party s newspaper When Hayase is caught spying on the party for the government she breaks ties with him and becomes Omoi s lover Eiko and Omoi are arrested during the turmoils of the Chichibu incident and sentenced to several years imprisonment where Eiko witnesses the same abuse of the female inmates as before of the women labourers in the textile mills After the 1889 amnesty of political prisoners Omoi regroups the party supported by Eiko When Eiko is confronted with Omoi s adulterous behaviour which he blatantly asks her to accept she realises that he too still nurtures an attitude of male preeminence She announces to leave him and return to Okayama to establish a school for young women convinced that only proper education can lead to female liberation Cast EditKinuyo Tanaka as Eiko Hirayama Mitsuko Mito as Chiyo Kuniko Miyake as Toshiko Kishida Ichirō Sugai as Kentarō Omoi Shinobu Araki as Eiko s father Sadako Sawamura as Governor Eitarō Ozawa as Hayase Koreya Senda as Inagaki Eijirō Tōno as ItoReception EditIn his Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors film scholar Alexander Jacoby rated Flame of My Love as one of Mizoguchi s most outspoken films and a startling trenchant study of female emancipation whose conclusion remains unparalleled in Western popular film 3 References Edit a b c わが恋は燃えぬ Flame of My Love Japanese Movie Database in Japanese Retrieved 23 April 2021 a b c わが恋は燃えぬ Flame of My Love Kinenote in Japanese Retrieved 23 April 2021 a b Jacoby Alexander 2008 Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors From the Silent Era to the Present Day Berkeley Stone Bridge Press p 180 ISBN 978 1 933330 53 2 わが恋は燃えぬ Flame of My Love Shochiku in Japanese Retrieved 10 October 2022 External links Edit わが恋は燃えぬ Flame of My Love Kotobank in Japanese Retrieved 24 April 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flame of My Love amp oldid 1119338165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
