Untamed a.k.a. Untamed Woman (あらくれ, Arakure) is a 1957 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. It is based on a novel by Shūsei Tokuda.[1][2][3]
Untamed | |
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Kanji | あらくれ |
Directed by | Mikio Naruse |
Written by | Yōko Mizuki |
Based on | Rough Living (Arakure) 1915 novel by Shūsei Tokuda |
Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
Starring | Hideko Takamine |
Cinematography | Masao Tamai |
Edited by | Eiji Ooi |
Music by | Ichirō Saitō |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Toho |
Release date | |
Running time | 121 minutes[1][2] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Donald Richie and Joseph L. Anderson found in protagonist Ōshima "one of the strongest characters Naruse ever created", but also an out-of-place "postwar strain of neuroticism" in Hideko Takamine's interpretation.[4]
Untamed was Japan's submission to the 30th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[6]