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Port of Flowers (1943)

Port of Flowers poster
Original title
花咲く港
Directed by
Keisuke Kinoshita
Genre
war, drama, comedy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a small port town, a young woman returns home and gets caught up in the romantic misunderstandings of the locals. The film follows her interactions with a shy sailor and a boisterous fisherman as they compete for her attention.

lightheartedplayfulromanticgentlenostalgicwarmbittersweet

What happens

Le Port fleuri (花咲く港, Hana saku minato) est un film japonais réalisé par Keisuke Kinoshita sorti en 1943. Ce film, réalisé en pleine période de guerre, marque les débuts de Keisuke Kinoshita derrière la caméra. Entré à la Shōchiku en 1933 comme assistant, promu superviseur en 1937, puis devenu assistant réalisateur et scénariste, Kinoshita accède enfin à la réalisation avec ce premier long métrage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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