Love Under the Crucifix is a film about the tragic love of Ogin, the daughter of a master of the Japanese tea ceremony (Sado), and a Christian Samurai lord, Takayama Ukon, based on a novel by Kon Toukou. Ogin marries a wealthy merchant despite being in love with Ukon. She is also asked to become a mistress of Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In order to pursue her love and fight against authority, she must make the ultimate decision. Director Kinuyo Tanaka chose to depict the struggle of Ogin surviving from a female perspective and portray the beauty of the Momoyama culture (from around year 1568 to 1600). (Kinuyo Tanaka, 1962, Japanese with English subtitles, DCP, 102 minutes)
Part of the film series Kinuyo Tanaka Retrospective.
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