Lullaby Of The Earth

Daichi No Komoriuta 大地の子守歌

Director: Yasuzo Masumura 増村保造
Released: June 12, 1976
Distributor: Shochiku
Screenplay: Yoshio Shirasaka 白坂依志夫

Starring:
Meiko Kaji 梶芽衣子 as Young Girl
Meiko Harada 原田美枝子 as Rin
Natsuko Kahara 賀原夏子 as Rin's Grandmother
Mihoko Nakagawa 中川三穂子 as Asa
Eiji Okada 岡田英次 as Evangelist
Yusuke Sato 佐藤佑介 as Shohei
Kinuyo Tanaka 田中絹代 as Farmer
Ren Yamamoto 山本廉 as Genzo

Info:

Based on the novel by Kukiko Moto 素九鬼子.

Won the Blue Ribbon Award in 1977 for Best Film and Best Newcomer - Meiko Harada.

One of only 4 independent films Masumura did during his long career.

The last movie by Kinuyo Tanaka before her death in March of 1977.

#74 on Akira Kurosawa's list of 100 favorite films and #159 on Kinema Junpo's list of top 200 Japanese films of all time.

 

Plot:

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.