Shochiku
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Rarefilmm)
An elderly man recalls a teenage romance with a cousin while traveling by boat to the place where it took place. In long flashbacks, the idealistic, naive love affair between the slightly younger boy of 15 with his inexperienced cousin of 17 draws the ire of both families, who try to prevent it. He is sent off to school but can't shake her, returning on a winter break to continue it. Meanwhile, her parents set her up with the son of a wealthy lumber mill owner, which she reluctantly is forced to accept. She gets pregnant but loses the baby, then becomes ill herself. The teenage boy returns just in time for a final goodbye on her deathbed. Naturalistic and sentimental to a fault, Kinoshita decides to utilize an oval white masking device over the frame for the flashbacks (most of the film), which obscures some fine cinematography by Hiroshi Kusuda.
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