Ornamental Hairpin (1941)

19411h 11mdir. Hiroshi ShimizuJapaneseJapancomedy drama

Note: this print runs 71 minutes against a recorded 75 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Kinuyo Tanaka

Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu

Ornamental Hairpin still

Ornamental Hairpin (簪, Kanzashi) is a 1941 Japanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Hiroshi Shimizu. It is based on the short story Yottsu no yubune (四つの湯槽, lit. "The four bathtubs") by Masuji Ibuse.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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Ornamental Hairpin dates from 1941, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the GOLDEN AGE channel.

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