Where Chimneys Are Seen

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Where Chimneys Are Seen
File:Entotsu no mieru basho (1953).jpg
Directed by Heinosuke Gosho
Produced by Yoshishige Uchiyama
Written by Hideo Oguni (screenplay)
Rinzō Shiina (novel)
Starring Ken Uehara
Kinuyo Tanaka
Hideko Takamine
Music by Yasushi Akutagawa
Cinematography Mitsuo Miura
Edited by Nobu Nagata
Distributed by Shintoho
Release dates
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  • 5 March 1953 (1953-03-05) (Japan)
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Running time
 108 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Where Chimneys Are Seen (煙突の見える場所 Entotsu no mieru basho?), also titled Four Chimneys, is a 1953 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. Based on the novel Mujaki na hitobito by Rinzō Shiina,[1] Where Chimneys Are Seen is regarded as one of Gosho's most important and well-known films[2][3] and a typical example of the shōshimin-eiga genre.[4]

Plot

Hiroko Ogata and her second husband Ryukichi (her first husband Tsukahara is believed to have died in a bombing in the Second World War) live in the lower-class outskirts of Tokyo. The upper floor of the Ogatas' flat is rented to Kenzō and Senko, a young man and a woman who show interest in each other, but are not a couple. One day, the Ogatas find a baby in the house entrance with a note signed by Tsukahara, stating it was Hiroko's daughter. The marriage is engulfed in a crisis, with Hiroko nearly committing suicide. Kenzō searches the city for Tsukahara and finally finds him and his new wife, the actual mother of the abandoned child, who initially had wanted to abort it. Although the Ogatas have developed an affection for the baby, which fell seriously ill at one point, they agree to return it to Mrs. Tsukahara who, after some hesitation, accepts it as her own.

Cast

Production and release

Where Chimneys Are Seen was produced by Gosho's own production company Studio Eight (1950–1954)[4][5] and distributed by Shintoho studios. The film was shown in competition at the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.[6]

Reception

In his Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors, film historian Alexander Jacoby described Where Chimneys Are Seen as "an exemplary depiction of the balance between aspiration and despair in a country recovering from war".[2]

Awards

References

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