The North Cape
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The North Cape |
| Original title | 北 の 岬 Kita no misaki |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 113 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kei Kumai |
| script | Kei Kumai Tsuji Kunio Kinuman Tsukasa |
| production |
Masayuki Sato Hideyuki Shiino |
| music | Teizō Matsumura |
| camera | Mitsuji Kanau |
| occupation | |
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North Cape ( Japanese北 の 岬, Kita no misaki ) is a Japanese film from 1976 . Directed by Kei Kumai , who also wrote the script with Tsuji Kunio and Kinuman Tsukasa . The leading roles played the French Claude Jade and the Japanese Gō Katō .
action
In 1971, the young Swiss missionary Marie-Thérèse traveled from Marseille to Yokohama and met the mysterious automobile engineer Mitsuo, who after his stay in West Germany bore a deadly debt. A love without a future develops in a world in which the nun Marie-Thérèse fights against the indifference of the Occident towards the Third World. You will stop off in Casablanca , Sri Lanka and Hokkaidō, among others . In a key scene, Marie-Thérèse buries her hands in the snow to castigate herself for her love for the “engineer” and to confess to God. She doesn't want to forego her love for Mitsuo, but decides to fight poverty and misery and goes to Bangladesh , where the war of independence is raging.
backgrounds
Claude Jade, who played the role in Japanese with the help of the interpreter Kanae, sparked a scandal in Japan because, despite playing a nun in the film, she was pregnant. She had previously caused a stir in Tokyo because she wore sandals to an interview. Her marriage was kept secret and her husband, the diplomat Bernard Coste, was referred to as her private secretary. Because of her pregnancy, Claude Jade was not allowed to attend the premiere of the film in 1976.
The title North Cape refers to the location Wakkanai , the northernmost city of Japan located on the island of Hokkaidō .
Web links
- The North Cape in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Article on the film "Kita no misaki"