The Song from My Heart (1970)
Directed by Noboru Nakamura
Genres - Language & Literature |
Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature] |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - Japan |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
This Japanese biopic chronicles reminiscences of renowned poet Hideo Yoshino as he speaks to the young Swedish student who interviews him. The story jumps from present to past as he speaks of his marriage to Yachigusa, the woman who inspired his best poetry. Following her death, Yoshino forgoes his art and concentrates on raising his children. Later he marries his housemaid and causes a major rift between his daughter and himself. His two sons begin to reject him, not because of his marriage, but because they hate living in his distinguished shadow. The film jumps to the present, and just before the old poet dies, he and one son reconcile. The poet is then inspired to write one more before he finally expires.
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daughter, death, family, flashback, housekeeper, Japan, marriage, memory, neglect, poet, reconciliation, son, student, Sweden, widow/widower, writing, heart, songwriter
