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Mar 4, 2021 · The Blue Sky Maiden (1957) by. Yasuzo masumura. Publication date. 1957. Topics. film, cinema, mnovie, japanese cinema. Language. Japanese.
- 88 min
In this Cinderella-esque tale of a country girl inserted into her wicked stepmother's family (while her Dad is still alive this time), The Blue Sky Maiden sees young Yuko feel the wrath of her new family's jealousy.
- (2.7K)
- Daiei Film
- Yasuzō Masumura
An illegitimate country girl comes to Tokyo to find her mother and encounters mainly her spoiled step-siblings and her businessman father….
Overview. Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was. Yasuzō Masumura. Director. Keita Genji. Novel. Yoshio Shirasaka. Screenplay.
Review by Philbert Dy Pro. The Blue Sky Maiden 1957 ★★★★. Watched Jul 12 , 2021. I'm kind of coming around to the idea of Masumura becoming my favorite Japanese director. His works just have a satirical bite that feels unmatched.
- Yasuzō Masumura
- Philbert Dy
A cute little comedy/drama/romance from Yasuzō Masumura. Nice and short but full of character. It's hard not to be charmed by Yuko. She reminds me, in spirit, of Sally Hawkins' character from Happy-Go-Lucky, mostly in the way that she confronts emotional conflicts head on with the best smile she can manage, but also knows when to stand her ground.
Early Masumura is contemporary with late Douglas Sirk -- both harnessed garish fifties modernism for a scathing, full-color portrait of ambition in the new middle class. In Blue Sky Maiden, Ayako Wakao plays good-natured Yuko, the illegitimate daughter of a well-off executive, raised in the country by relatives.
