A Town of Love and Hope

A Town of Love and Hope
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Directed by	Nagisa Oshima
Produced by	Tomio Ikeda
Music by	Riichiro Manabe
Running time	62 minutes (Japan)
Budget	???

A Town of Love and Hope (also known as A Street of Love and Hope) is a 1959 film,Directed by Nagisa Oshima.

Plot

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In front of a station in a small city, a boy, Masao (Hiroshi Fujikawa), was selling pigeons among women who were shining shoes. Kyoko (Yuki Tominaga), the daughter of a company officer, passed by and bought the pigeon for 700 yen. Masao says he sells pigeons because he needs money. Kyoko sympathizes, but in fact it was a skillful way to make money by using the habit of pigeons returning to their nests.

Cast

• Hiroshi Fujikawa
• Yūko Mochizuki
• Michiko Ito
• Kōhei Kawamura
• Toyoko Uryu
• Keiji Tsuchida
• Haruko Chichibu
• Noboru Takagi

Staff

• directed by Nagisa Oshima
• Production Tomio Ikeda
• Photograph Hiroshi Kusuda
• Music: Riichiro Manabe
• Art: Koji Uno

Titles

• A Town of Love and Hope (Japanese: 愛と希望の街 Original Japanese release title)
• City of love and hope (Japanese title)

Overview

Commentary

In front of a station in a small city. A boy was selling pigeons among the women who shined their shoes. Kyoko, the daughter of a company officer, passes by and buys the pigeon for 700 yen. The boy says he sells pigeons because he needs money. Kyoko sympathizes, but in fact she made a skillful money by using the pigeon's homecoming instinct. A memorable feature-length debut of director Nagisa Oshima, who was appointed as a director at the age of 27, in an original scenario written by Oshima with the title "Boy Selling Pigeons".

Gallery

Posters

Original Thin Japanese Release poster

Original Japanese Release poster