Miss Oyu

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***Miss Oyu*** (お遊さま, *Oyū-sama*) is a 1951 Japanese drama film produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company, and based on the 1932 novel *The Reed Cutter* written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was released in Japanese theaters on June 22, 1951.

a lady called Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective wife, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

## Plot

Shortly after marrying from Kosobu's house to Kinman's Awakawa, Yuu broke up with her husband, but while raising an only child, he was a person who was relieved of luxury and entertainment. His younger sister, Shizuka, accompanies him to meet Shinnosuke Seribashi, but Shinnosuke is deeply attracted to this play rather than Shizuka. Therefore, this marriage was broken once, but Shizuka knew that he would be Shinnosuke if he got married, and decided to marry him to Seribashi. The player also realized that he was thinking of Shinnosuke, and Shizuka decided to become a bridge between the two. For that reason, Shizuka was content with his wife, who was only named Shinnosuke, and together with Shinnosuke, all three of them worked hard to comfort and entertain the hearts of the players. His mouth became noisy, and eventually it became a problem for his wife, the Awakawa family, and he was sent back to his parents' house with the excuse that Ichi died. At that time, Yuu realized that he had made Shinnosuke and Shizuka unhappy for himself, and while being recommended by his brother, he closed his eyes and remarried to the Fushimi brewer. The Seribashi family went bankrupt, and Shizuka and Shinnosuke became living in Tokyo, but Shizuka was happy to have a child with Shinnosuke. However, his postpartum confinement was poor, and he died while being watched by Shinnosuke. You were having a moon-viewing party tonight in the luxurious mansion of Fushimi overlooking the Yodo River. At that time, the baby brought by the maid that there was a child abandoned in front of the gate was the one that Shinnosuke had left behind after Shinnosuke died. In the boat moving away from the Ashi of the Yodo River, there was Shinnosuke singing the song "Kumano" alone.

## Cast

* Kinuyo Tanaka as Oyū Kayukawa
* Nobuko Otowa as Shizu
* Yūji Hori as Shinnosuke Seribashi
* Kiyoko Hirai as Osumi
* Reiko Kongo as Otsugi Kayukawa
* Eijirō Yanagi as Eitaro
* Eitarō Shindō as Kusaemon
* Kanae Kobayashi as Nanny
* Fumihiko Yokoyama as book-keeper 1
* Jun Fujikawa as book-keeper 2
* Soji Shibata as book-keeper 3
* Inosuke Kuhara as boy
* Ayuko Fujishiro as waitress
* Shozo Nanbu as doctor
* Midori Komatsu as hostess
* Sachiko Aima as flower decoration teacher
* Sumao Ishihara as priest

## Staff

* Directed by   Kenji Mizoguchi
* Written by   Yoshikata Yoda
* Produced by   Masaichi Nagata
* Music by   Fumio Hayasaka
* Cinematography by   Kazuo Miyagawa
* Edited by   Mizuzo Miyada
* Production design by   Hashimoto Masatsugu
* Based on a novel by   Junichiro Tanizaki
* Artworks by   Hiroshi Mizutani
* Assistant Lighting by   Naito Akira
* Makeup Art by   Fukuyama Zenya
* Movement Effects by   Yamane Masaichi
* Tea Ceremony Design by   Iguchi Meisen

## Overview

### Commentary

From Junichiro Tanizaki's masterpiece novel "Ashikari", Yoshikata Yoda of "Glossy Killing" and "Spring Grief" was adapted and directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, following "Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)". Kazuo Miyagawa of "Gorgeous Murder" is in charge of shooting. Starring are Kinuyo Tanaka and Yuji Hori of "Ginza Cosmetics", Nobuko Otowa of "Who Judges Me", Eijiro Yanagi, and Eitaro Shindo.

## References

This is a list of references for **Miss Oyu**. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

1. ↑ http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1951/ca001010.htm

## External links

* Miss Oyu on Eiga.com
* Miss Oyu on IMDb
* Miss Oyu on Wikipedia
* Miss Oyu on JMDB