Hayley ScanlonDec 26, 2023

A couple who met briefly in Manchuria are reunited in Kobe but find their joy short-lived amid the vagaries of the post-war society in Kon Ichikawa’s tragic romance, Nightshade Flower. https://wp.me/p1x9li-kqk

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Nightshade Flower (夜来香, Kon Ichikawa, 1951)

A couple who met briefly in Manchuria are reunited in Kobe but find their joy short-lived amid the vagaries of the post-war society in Kon Ichikawa’s tragic romance.

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