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Breasts Forever (also known as The Eternal Breasts) is a 1955 nikkatsu romantic-drama film,Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka.

## Plot

Fumiko, who ended her unhappy marriage with Shigeru Anzai, returned to her parents' house with her two children. It happened that Fumiko was a childhood friend, Takuro Morinaga, who was withdrawn from the outside, and the Yamagami family of the Hokkai Times held a tanka gathering, and Fumiko wrote a few poems as recommended. Was praised. That night, while seeing off, the words of encouragement from the forest lit a bright light in Fumiko's heart. One day, Mrs. Sugimoto, a matchmaker, came and informed her that the divorce procedure had been completed, but only Noboru, the eldest son, had to return to the good man. One day, Mori died of a sudden illness. Fumiko stared at the picture of the forest with the feeling that she couldn't cry even if she cried. Fumiko, who secretly brought back Noboru from the Anzai family and tried to find a job in Tokyo without having to enter the water, was admitted to Sapporo Hospital with breast cancer. When there was a recruitment of new writers in the "tanka era" recently, Yamagami learned from a letter from Otsuki of the Tokyo Daily that her tanka sent by Mori was selected and became a hot topic in the poetry. It was the day when her fresh breasts were cut off. After the operation, Fumiko was fine, but one day she was shocked to see that the newspaper of the patient in the room stated that she had no life expectancy. And she was even more energetic, and she often proposed to Otsuki from Tokyo and acted violently. A few days after Otsuki was recalled to the company, the body of this young poet was also taken to the corpse. On a day when the greenery of early summer shines, Otsuki stood with Noboru and Aiko on the shores of Lake Shikoku, throwing Fumiko's notebook and the lira flowers that the children had on the surface of the lake.

## Cast

* Yumeji Tsukioka
* Ryoji Hayama
* Junkichi Orimoto
* Hiroko Kawasaki
* Shiro Osaka
* Toru Abe
* Masayuki Mori
* Yôko Sugi
* Fumie Kitahara
* Kinuyo Tanaka
* Choko Iida
* left Bok all

## Staff

* directed by Kinuyo Tanaka
* Screenplay Sumie Tanaka
* Original Akira Wakatsuki "The Eternal Breasts", Fumiko Nakajo "Breast Loss", "Prototype of Flowers"
* Production Eisei Koi Shizuo Sakagami
* Musics: Takanobu Saito
* Photograph: Kazunobu Fujioka
* Edit Tadashi Nakamura
* Recording: Masakazu Kamiya
* Illumination: Fujibayashi Ko
* Art: Kimihiko Nakamura

## Titles

* The Eternal Breastss (Japanese and worldwide title)
* Breasts Forever (Japanese: 乳房よ永遠なれ Original Japanese title)
* Forever in Love (Japanese title)

## Production

### Directing

Kinuyo Tanaka was the second female film director in Japan, The first female film director in Japan was Tazuko Sakane , who was the editor of works directed by Kenji Mizoguchi . Sakane announced his first directorial work in 1936 ( Showa 11)  . However, after the war, Sakane never returned to film director .

Kinuyo Tanaka, known as a talented actress, became the second female director in Japan after Sakane . Before the war, Kinuyo Tanaka set out on the path to becoming a popular star as an actress under film directors such as Yasujiro Shimazu , Hiroshi Shimizu , and Heinosuke Gosho . Among them, Yasujiro Shimazu's "Shunkinsho Koto and Sasuke" and Heinosuke Gosho's " Koi no Hana Blooming Izu no Odoko " were highly evaluated for their acting ability . And during the war, in the army of director Keisuke Kinoshita , he played out the thoughts of his mother who had to send out his son who was going to go on the road as a leading actress, and demonstrated his high ability as an actress  .

Kinuyo Tanaka, who was active as a top actress, soon became interested in the job of a movie director. Kinuyo Tanaka felt interested in is first female film director, 1940 (1940) to see the Leni Riefenstahl of ethnic celebration that was. After the war, Kinuyo Tanaka demonstrated his stable ability as an actress in the works of directors Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu , but as he grew older, he continued to maintain his position as a top actress. I'm starting to find it difficult to go. Under such circumstances, Kinuyo Tanaka, who won the actress acting award for the second consecutive year with " The Love of the Actress Sumako " and "The Chicken in the Wind " at the Mainichi Film Awards, is sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers in the United States. I decided to go on a goodwill trip. It is believed that Kinuyo Tanaka's thoughts on the film director, who had been smoldering, turned into a firm wish through his experiences in the United States .

In 1953 (Showa 28), "Love Letter" was completed, which was written mainly by Keisuke Kinoshita and with the cooperation of Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse, and was shot by Kinuyo Tanaka as a director. In this way, Kinuyo Tanaka became the second female director of a movie in Japan, following Tazuko Sakane .

### Script

Sumie Tanaka (who was in charge of the films scripting) Was responsible for the screenplay with "Nare breast Forever" Sumie Tanaka , the Tokyo Girls' High Normal University after graduating, made his debut in the pre-war period as a playwright, 1951 playing field to the (1951) to the screenplay Was spreading. When Sumie Tanaka made her debut as a movie screenwriter, Yoko Mizuki was in the limelight as a movie screenwriter. Sumie Tanaka was a well-educated woman at the time, in contrast to Kinuyo Tanaka, who lost her father at an early age and was unable to attend elementary school in poverty. After the war, in the era of democracy, it became possible for Kinuyo Tanaka and Sumie Tanaka, who have completely different backgrounds and types, to participate in the collaborative work of creating a single movie.

### Sequel

"The Eternal Breasts" decided to make a movie,The second film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka was "Tsuki wa noborinu", which was released in January 1955 (Showa 30). The script for "Tsuki wa noborinu" was written by Yasujiro Ozu. Both the first and second films directed by Kinuyo Tanaka were produced under the great influence of so-called masters such as Keisuke Kinoshita, Mikio Naruse, and Yasujiro Ozu . However, in "The Eternal Breasts" released in November 1955, Sumie Tanaka, who chose the theme for herself and was in charge of the script, and Fumiko Nakashiro, the main character, and a movie in which a woman is the main character. It was made as a movie about women, in which a woman writes a script and a woman directs and shoots it. The film also showed that Kinuyo Tanaka became independent as a film director .

On August 3, 1954, the poet Fumiko Nakajo died of 31 years of age due to breast cancer . Kinuyo Tanaka, who was very interested in Fumiko Nakajo, decided to make it into a movie. Kinuyo Tanaka has been active as an actress since before the war, and as he continued to play a woman who would be happy or unhappy depending on the man, a kind of distrust of men was acquired. The films at that time were made from a male-centered perspective, with male film directors drawing women. Kinuyo Tanaka said, "I want to draw a woman from the standpoint of a woman," and aimed to create a female image that lives for herself in the film .

Sumie Tanaka, who will be in charge of the script, wrote Fumiko Nakajo's theory and reportage "The Eternal Breasts", and Fumiko Nakajo's songbook "Breast Loss" and "Flower Prototype". I read, and started writing. At first, Sumie Tanaka felt repulsion from the tanka that seemed to expose Fumiko Nakajo's anger, mourning, and hatred, but as she read it, she realized that there were problems with the Japanese way of marriage. It was. Furthermore, Fumiko Nakajo's tanka is a work based on the universal life of women, and I felt that it touched the roots of life, and found the meaning of scripting it .

It is presumed that the director, Kinuyo Tanaka, was also reading the book because many red lines were drawn on the relic "The Eternal Breasts". Kinuyo Tanaka also meets and discusses with the original author, Akira Wakatsuki .

### Leading actor

The films Leading actress (or actor)

Yumeji Tsukioka played the leading actress in "The Eternal Breasts" . Tsukioka was known as a beautiful actress in the acting school, but before "The Eternal Breasts," she was evaluated as not being blessed with her work because she tended to be poor in dexterity. A female film director has written a script by a female screenwriter about a female singer who was the mother of two young children who were dying from breast cancer and who tried to live in love with men. Tsukioka showed a strong desire to play a heroine that was not in Japanese movies. In order to learn about Fumiko Nakajo's feelings and daily life, she visited the hospital room where Fumiko Nakajo died at Sapporo Medical University Hospital and even touched her bed . On the other hand, when making the film, Yumeji Tsukioka was dissatisfied with the lack of clear instructions from director Kinuyo Tanaka .

On the other hand, Ryoji Hayama, who will be the leading actor in the movie , was a new actor who won the 1953 Mr. Mediocre Grand Prix. The model was Akira Wakatsuki, the author of "Breasts Forever". The selection of Hayama was decided after a heated debate among the staff. Tsukioka, who had been accumulating years as an actor, was evaluated for his acting, but Hayama, a newcomer, was pointed out that his acting was hard.

## Overview

The original story by Akira Wakatsuki and Fumiko Nakajo was adapted by Sumie Tanaka, one of the co-dramatists of "Until the day when flowers bloom in the heart", directed by Kinuyo Tanaka of "Tsuki wa noborinu", and Kazunobu Fujioka of "Kokoro". In charge of shooting. The main performers are Yumeji Tsukioka in "In My Hole", Masayuki Mori in "Kokoro", Shiro Osaka in "Ippei Shizuno Love and Ammunition", and Yoko Sugi in the first episode of "Kuchizuke (1955)". Kinuyo Tanaka of "Osho Ichidai", Ikuko Kimuro of "Shonen Death Penalty", Ryoji Hayama (Mr. Heibon in the 28th year), etc.

## Release

The film was released originally in japan on November 23 in 1955 by Nikkatsu film Then released in Singapore on August 24 in 2008, for the Japanese Film Festival.

## Gallery

Starring actresses Yumeji Tsukioka and Ryoji Hayama in the movie "The Eternal Breasts".a japanese poster for the film.Yumeji Tsukioka, the leading actress of "Breasts Forever," and Ryoji Hayama, who was a new actor at the time.