简介：生命的耗散總在不知不覺間，無明發動，愛情變成殘酷折磨的藉口。以一段愛情故事反映日本戰後十二年的社會變遷，吉田喜重那嚴肅中經營的美學，無負其跟大島渚、今村昌平並稱日本新浪潮闖將的令名。男女主角四次相遇，由男的企圖自殺為女所救，到致命吸引，始亂終棄；一個本來充滿生命熱情的女子反而走上自毀之路，看得人心碎復心醉；女主角岡田茉莉子清楚告訴你甚麼是不可方物，喜歡《浮雲》裡的她，更不能不看她這裡恍似遇上生命火花的演出。電影公映翌年她下嫁吉田，更成就了日本影壇一大美談。 At the bitter end of WWII, Shusaku (Nagato), a sickly college student, arrives at the remote mountain hot springs of Akitsu. There he meets Shinko (Okada), the inkeeper's daughter who changes his life forever. After she nurses him to health, they begin an unusual affair that will last 17 years, picked up afresh each time Shusaku returns. Over time, he marries another woman and gradually loses the passion of his youth, but is repeatedly drawn back to the fiery Shinko. Directed by trailblazing auteur Yoshida Yoshishige, this classic of early New Wave evokes a haunted love reminiscent of Brokeback Mountain, but is utterly tied to the broken dreams and lost idealism of post-war Japan. This brand-new color print will make its premiere in Hong Kong. - SummerIFF 2007
