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Jo no mai

IMDb ID: tt0359513 · Year: 1984 · Rating: 6.8 (54 votes)

Genres: Biography · Drama

Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: Appassionata
Canada: Appassionata (English)
United Kingdom: Appassionata
Ireland: Appassionata (English)
India: Appassionata (English)
New Zealand: Appassionata (English)
United States: Appassionata
World-wide: Appassionata (English)
South Africa: Appassionata (English)
Japan: Jono Mai (Japanese, Alternative Title)
Japan: Preface Dance (English, Alternative Title)
Soviet Union: Искусство и любовь (Russian)
Russia: Любовь и искусство (Alternative Title)
Japan: 序の舞 (Japanese)
Искусство и любовь
Release Date1984-01-14Runtime129 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews1Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordsdaughter
female painter
adoption
exhibition
drawing
Production CompaniesToei CompanyIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359513/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0359513.jpgUpdated At2025-12-16T15:35:29

Stars

Mariko Okada
Yûko Natori
Morio Kazama
Kei Satō
Mieko Takamine
Kunihiko Mitamura
Yoshiko Mita
Kin Sugai
Aki Mizusawa
Mikio Narita

Directors

Sadao Nakajima

Writers

Hirô Matsuda
Tomiko Miyao

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Mariko Okada | Character: Sei Shimamura
Actor: Yûko Natori | Character: Tsuya Shimamura
Actor: Morio Kazama | Character: Taio Nishiuchi
Actor: Kei Satō | Character: Shokei Takagi
Actor: Mieko Takamine | Character: Chikiriya's owner
Actor: Kunihiko Mitamura | Character: Tokuji Murakami
Actor: Yoshiko Mita | Character: Kiyotsugu
Actor: Kin Sugai | Character: Asa
Actor: Aki Mizusawa | Character: Shima Shimamura
Actor: Mikio Narita | Character: Yamakan
Actor: Ayako Kobayashi | Character: Sei as a girl
Actor: Etsuko Ichihara | Character: Narrator
Actor: Yasushi Ameeda | Character: Monk
Actor: Masaharu Arikawa | Character: Actor
Actor: Makoto Asai | Character: Rickshaw driver
Actor: Takashi Ebata | Character: Actor
Actor: Mayumi Eda | Character: Actress
Actor: Mieko Hoshino | Character: Actress
Actor: Junichi Hosokawa | Character: Actor
Actor: Yoshio Ichikawa | Character: Actor
Actor: Yoshiro Ichikawa | Character: Takahama Fisherman
Actor: Yoshihiro Igarashi | Character: Actor
Actor: Tomiko Ishii | Character: Midwife
Actor: Naoji Iwata | Character: Actor
Actor: Michihiro Kinoshita | Character: Rickshaw driver
Actor: Eizô Kitamura | Character: Actor
Actor: Kôzô Kotani | Character: Actor
Actor: Kōjirō Kusanagi | Character: Sei's uncle
Actor: Ryōichi Kusanagi | Character: Takigawa
Actor: Mineko Maruhira | Character: Actress
Actor: Shintarô Mibu | Character: Actor
Actor: Rantaro Mine | Character: Actor
Actor: Shingo Misawa | Character: Saito
Actor: Tokuko Miura | Character: Actress
Actor: Yoshiko Miura | Character: Actress
Actor: Yuka Monma | Character: Actress
Actor: Ken'ichi Nagira | Character: Otojiro Kawakami
Actor: Momoyo Nakamura | Character: Actress
Actor: Keiko Nanase | Character: Actress
Actor: Takashi Noguchi | Character: Hashida
Actor: Tsuyako Okajima | Character: Actress
Actor: Junkichi Orimoto | Character: Actor
Actor: Aki Sawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Jirô Shirai | Character: Sei's husband
Actor: Shigeyo Shirai | Character: Actor
Actor: Kojiro Shirakawa | Character: Actor
Actor: Hiroyuki Sugaya | Character: Actor
Actor: Shun Takaya | Character: Actor
Actor: Hiroshi Tanaka | Character: Postman
Actor: Tankurô | Character: Owner of the hair salon
Actor: Mayumi Tokunaga | Character: Actress
Actor: Kayoko Tominaga | Character: Kura Shimamura
Actor: Michiko Tsushima | Character: Actress
Actor: Mitsue Wakabayashi | Character: Actress
Actor: Yoshiki Yamada | Character: Actor
Actor: Momiji Yamamura | Character: Actress
Actor: Katsuko Ôkawa | Character: Actress
Actor: Gorō Ōki | Character: Actor
Actor: Shirō Ōsaka | Character: Jinpachi Shimamura

[Directors Group]
Name: Sadao Nakajima | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Hirô Matsuda | Role: Writer
Name: Tomiko Miyao | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Gorô Kusakabe | Role: Producer
Name: Kyô Namura | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Toshirō Mayuzumi | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Fujio Morita | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Isamu Ichida | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Norimichi Igawa | Role: Art Director
Name: Yoshikazu Sano | Role: Art Director

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Akira Shimizu | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Sound Department]
Name: Hideto Kuriyama | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Kinji Kanai | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Etsuaki Masuda | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[animation department]
Name: Rokuro Yamamoto | Role: Animation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Yutaka Nishimura | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kiriyo Tomonaga | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359513/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Japan: January 14, 1984

Awards

Winner | 1985 | Blue Ribbon Awards | Blue Ribbon Award | Best Supporting Actress | Yoshiko Mita, The Tragedy of 'W', Appassionata
Nominee | 1985 | Awards of the Japanese Academy | Award of the Japanese Academy | Best Art Direction | Norimichi Igawa, Ku-Kai, Appassionata
Winner | 1985 | Mainichi Film Concours | Mainichi Film Concours | Best Supporting Actress | Yoshiko Mita, The Tragedy of 'W', Appassionata

Box Office

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