Directed by William Worthington
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Sessue Hayakawa is a painter living in the mountain wilderness of Japan. He paints nothing but dragons, which represent his lost love from many years ago. An aging artist looking for a disciple discovers him and has him brought to his house. Hayakawa falls in love with his daughter and they get married. However, he loses his interest in painting, angering his wife and her father. She decides to fake her death and he picks up painting again. A rather simple story, but beautifully told, with many great scenes in the mountains and in and around the artist's Japanese house. A soundtrack by Mark Izu added in 1995 perfectly complements the film.
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