Mikio NARUSE 成瀬巳喜男

A Wanderer’s Notebook

放浪記

Nippon Retro   ² 

After adapting several of Fumiko HAYASHI’s works into some of his most successful films of the 1950s, Mikio NARUSE took on the author’s life itself. A WANDERER’S NOTEBOOK is based on the eponymous autobiographical novel and recounts the times before HAYASHI’s literary breakthrough, her life in poverty and her many jobs and relationships. Hideko TAKAMINE stars as HAYASHI, while Kinuyo TANAKA, who at this point in her career predominantly played supporting characters, can be seen as her mother.

放浪記
Horoki

Japan 1962

124 minutes

Director
Mikio NARUSE

Script
Toshiro IDE, Sumie TANAKA based on a novel by Fumiko HAYASHI

Cinematography
Jun YASUMOTO

Music
Yuji KOSEKI

About Mikio NARUSE
成瀬巳喜男

1905 – 1969