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Times of Joy and Sorrow (喜びも悲しみも幾歳月, Yorokobi mo kanashimi mo ikutoshitsuki), also titled The Lighthouse in the UK, is a 1957 Japanese drama film written and directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.




Plot


In 1932, a young lighthouse keeper returns from his father's funeral with a new bride, who quickly learns the importance of the marital bond to members of her husband's profession, which is often characterized by the hardships of physical isolation and sudden reassignment. Over the next 25 years they transfer to ten different lighthouses throughout Japan, raising two children and befriending multiple colleagues and their families. They endure wartime attacks on the strategically relevant lighthouses as well as a tragedy involving one of their children, ultimately celebrating the other's marriage and settling together into middle age.




Cast


Hideko Takamine as Kiyoko Arisawa
Keiji Sada as Shiro Arisawa
Takahiro Tamura as Mr. Nozu
Katsuo Nakamura as Kotaro
Yōko Katsuragi as Fuji Tatsuko
Kōji Mitsui as Mr. Kanemaki
Kuniko Igawa as Itoko Suzuki
Shizue Natsukawa as Mrs. Natori
Masako Arisawa as Yukino
Hiroko Itō as Masako
Noboru Nakaya as Shingo Natori
Takeshi Sakamoto as Postmaster
Ryūji Kita as Natori
Mutsuko Sakura as Mrs. Kanemaki




Featured Lighthouses


The film was shot on location at 10 different lighthouses throughout Japan, including opening scenes at Kannonzaki, the site of the country's first lighthouse.

Kannonzaki Lighthouse - Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa
Ishikari Lighthouse - Ishikari, Hokkaido
Izu Oshima Lighthouse - Izu Ōshima, Izu Islands
Mizunokojima Lighthouse - Bungo Channel, Oita
Meshima Lighthouse - Gotō Islands, Nagasaki
Hajiki Saki Lighthouse - Sado Island, Niigata
Omaesaki Lighthouse - Omaezaki, Shizuoka
Anorisaki Lighthouse - Shima, Mie
Ogijima Lighthouse - Seto Inland Sea, Kagawa
Hiyoriyama Lighthouse - Otaru, Hokkaido




Legacy


Times of Joy and Sorrow has been remade three times for Japanese television, and in 1986 Kinoshita himself reworked it as Big Joys, Small Sorrows.
In 1993 a statue depicting the movie's two stars in an iconic pose from publicity materials was erected at Hajikizaki Lighthouse on Sato Island, one of the filming sites, as a tribute to lighthouse staff nationwide.




Home media


Although the film has not been released on disc or for streaming in the United States, Kinoshita's remake Big Joys, Small Sorrows was among the inaugural films available in Spring 2019 for streaming on The Criterion Channel.




References






External links


Times of Joy and Sorrow at IMDb

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