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{{Short description|1967 Japanese film}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Portrait of Chieko
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Noboru Nakamura]]
| producer = Masao Shirai
| screenplay = {{ubl|Noboru Nakamura|Joe Hirose}}
| based_on = {{ubl|''Chieko-shō''<br />by [[Kōtarō Takamura]]|''Shōsetsu Chieko-shō''<br />by [[Haruo Satō (novelist)|Haruo Satō]]}}
| starring = {{ubl|[[Shima Iwashita]]|[[Tetsurō Tanba]]}}
| music = [[Masaru Satō]]
| cinematography = Hiroshi Takemura
| editing = Keiichi Uraoka
| studio = [[Shochiku]]
| distributor = Shochiku
| released = {{film date|1967|6|5|Japan|df=y}}<ref name="kinenote67">{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=22177 |title=智恵子抄 1967 |work=[[Kinema Junpo]] |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="jmdb67">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1967/cq001720.htm |title=智恵子抄 |work=Japanese Movie Database |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=ja}}</ref>
| runtime = 125 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Portrait of Chieko'''''|智恵子抄|Chieko-shō}} is a 1967 Japanese [[drama film]] directed by [[Noboru Nakamura]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%99%BA%E6%81%B5%E5%AD%90%E6%8A%84-565076 |title=智恵子抄 |publisher=kotobank |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=ja}}</ref> It is based both on the 1941 poetry collection ''Chieko-shō'' by Japanese poet and sculptor [[Kōtarō Takamura]], dedicated to his wife [[Chieko Takamura|Chieko]] (1886–1938), and on the 1957 novel ''Shōsetsu Chieko-shō'' by [[Haruo Satō (novelist)|Haruo Satō]].<ref name="kinenote67" /><ref name="jmdb67" /> The film was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]].<ref name="Oscars1968">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |title=The 40th Academy Awards (1968) Nominees and Winners |access-date=12 November 2011 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>

==Plot==
In 1909, during the war, Kotaro Takamura joins the "Bread Club" and lives extravagantly. Through mutual friends, the Tsubaki couple, he meets Chieko Naganuma, an art student, and they quickly become close. After a year, they marry. Kotaro focuses on poetry while Chieko pursues oil painting. In 1915, Chieko's painting is rejected from the Bunte Exhibition, leading to disappointment. They visit Chieko's hometown, Nihonmatsu, where her parents welcome them warmly. After a fire takes Chieko's father's life, she abandons painting for weaving. In 1931, her niece Fumiko moves in after becoming a nurse. When Chieko's family goes bankrupt, she hides it from Kotaro, suffering alone until attempting suicide. Saved by Fumiko, she endures mental illness, only recognizing Kotaro. Despite treatment in Nihonmatsu and Kujukuri-hama, her condition worsens. Admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Shinagawa in 1938, she creates impressive artwork. She dies from [[pneumonia]] in 1938, holding Kotaro's hand.

==Cast==
* [[Shima Iwashita]] as Chieko Takamura
* [[Tetsurō Tanba]] as Kōtarō Takamura
* Jin Nakayama as Toyochika Takamura
* [[Yōko Minamida]] as Kazuko Tsubaki
* [[Eiji Okada]] as Tsubaki
* [[Mikijirō Hira]] as Ishii
* Kaori Shima as Fumiko
* Takamaru Sasaki as [[Takamura Kōun]]
* Tetsuo Ishidate as Tarō
* Kinuko Obata as Osato Sawada
* [[Yoshi Katō]] as Sōkichi Naganuma
* Poems read by [[Hiroshi Akutagawa]]

==Reception==
In a contemporary review, "Whit." of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described ''Portrait of Chieko'' as an "Exquisitely beautiful Japanese film", noting that Shima Iwashita "delivers a finely restrained performance of Oscar proportions, catching every nuance of character with consummate acting skill". The review went on to praise the cinematography by Hiroshi Takemura, Tatsuo Homada's art direction and Masaru Satō's score.<ref name="variety-book">{{cite book|title=Variety's Film Reviews 1968-1970 |volume=12 |publisher=R. R. Bowker |isbn=0-8352-2792-8 |year=1983 |at=There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "March 20, 1968"}}</ref>

==Other adaptations==
Takamura's poems had already been adapted for film in 1957. The film, also titled ''Chieko-shō'', had been directed by [[Hisatora Kumagai]] and starred [[Sō Yamamura]] and [[Setsuko Hara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=25271 |title=智恵子抄 1957 |work=Kinema Junpo |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="jmdb57">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg002510.htm |title=智恵子抄 |work=Japanese Movie Database |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=ja}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 40th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|id=0061471}}

{{Japanese submissions for the Academy Award}}
{{Noboru Nakamura}}

[[Category:1967 films]]
[[Category:1967 drama films]]
[[Category:Japanese drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Noboru Nakamura]]
[[Category:Films based on poems]]
[[Category:1960s Japanese films]]
[[Category:1960s Japanese-language films]]
[[Category:Japanese biographical drama films]]

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Portrait of Chieko - Revision history

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