Appassionata
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
Release Date
January 14, 1984Runtime
145 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Sadao Nakajima, Akira ShimizuScreenplay by
Hiro MatsudaLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
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Cast
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Yûko Natori
Tsuya Shimamura![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/x0DzJzdivusbFzNs0KNPXqhiH3M.jpg)
Morio Kazama
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Kunihiko Mitamura
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Aki Mizusawa
Shima Shimamura![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/smKu9qNcgBxFvg7zCWDMnRBlijH.jpg)
Mariko Okada
Sei Shimamura![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/ie9vqB9eet5C3zS9WpIzuTKCGlP.jpg)
Mieko Takamine
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/59nOkyY1LM5sOXjyF2nnmGIWyRV.jpg)
Yoshiko Mita
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Ayako Kobayashi
Sei as a girl![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mK5nUj8Jk4LJgfd8fD7083jlVWT.jpg)
Shirō Ōsaka
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Kōjirō Kusanagi
Sei's uncle![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/w0OXsibm2sLfe9CVg9L6IJ8A7ep.jpg)
Kin Sugai
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Junkichi Orimoto
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/lndcAEh6fDuD2k07Do2B8BmSKCP.jpg)
Tomiko Ishii
Midwife![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/anCgACUWpZCo4BHDMAopXV1JaPb.jpg)
Eizô Kitamura
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Takashi Ebata
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Takashi Noguchi
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Ryoichi Kusanagi
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/5b2H34IgS1dVKjpriHRYdyhMjk9.jpg)
Masaharu Arikawa
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Yoshihiro Igarashi
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Tsuyako Okajima
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Mieko Hoshino
Neighborhood lady![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/82WnZRUP0cljgdS8AB7SO9W3ts2.jpg)
Katsuko Ōkawa
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Momiji Yamamura
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1Bfp7ON7PXP2NsT6uUB2E06RqCG.jpg)
Michihiro Kinoshita
Rickshaw man![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/qDMwdYtLjj58ronpF7W0TNcwnSZ.jpg)
Etsuko Ichihara
Narrator (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/g9PEmxv4F0GxKjTx7ARwGLcxSOo.jpg)
Mikio Narita
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/xVTrBHHVWrGBQ3ubhTa8z8upb1R.jpg)
Kei Satō
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