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The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933)

The Dancing Girl of Izu poster
Original title
恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子
Directed by
Heinosuke Gosho
Genre
silent film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man travels through the Izu Peninsula and meets a teenage dancing girl from a traveling troupe of performers. They spend time together during his journey, and he finds himself drawn to her free spirit and innocence.

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What happens

The Dancing Girl of Izu (Japanese: 恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子, romanized: Koi no hana saku Izu no odoriko, lit. 'The Blooming Love of a Dancing Girl of Izu') is a 1933 Japanese silent romance film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. It is the first adaptation of the 1926 short story The Dancing Girl of Izu (伊豆の踊子, Izu no odoriko) by Yasunari Kawabata. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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