Battle of Roses

Battle of Roses is a Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse in 1950. It was produced by the Film Art Association and Shochiku Co, Ltd. The entire movie is in Japanese.[1]

Battle of Roses
Poster of the film
Bara kassen
Directed byMikio Naruse
Produced byShigeki Sugiyama
Written byMotosada Nishiki and Fumio Niwa
Music bySeiichi Suzuki
CinematographyHaruo Takeno
Edited byHisashi Sagara

Synopsis
Satomi pictured

In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family's company "Lily Cosmetic" to Mr. Mogy due to huge amount of debt relative to withdrawals of money from the company made by her husband. Mogy blackmails Satomi's sister Hinako, asking her to marry him and he would not send Masago to jail, and Satomi wrongly understands that Hinako is dating her enemy Mogy. Satomi Masago founds the "Niagera Cosmetic" to compete with Lily and becomes a powerful executive. Hinako likes Sonoike, former employee of Toyo Pictures and hired to work in Niagera, but Satomi plots the marriage of Hinako with her manager Tsuke Hinjatsu. Meanwhile, their young sister Chisuzu Satomi decides to live with the small time crook and pimp Ejima, from "Fashion & Films", being explored and abused by him. When Masago hires her lover Kojima to be the account of Niagera, she finds that Hinatsu is stealing the company with his mistress Yamashita. Hinatsu tries to kill Hinako and she loses her baby. Ejima publishes a book with the scandals of Masago, and her company bankrupts. In the end, the three sisters get rid off their mates; Satomi plans to start again with a small shop, Chisuzy returns home and Hinako goes divorce Hinatsu hoping to find happiness with Sonoike.[2]

Cast

Production

The total running time of this movie was 1 hr 38 min (98 min).

Release

It was released in Japan on October 28, 1950.[3]

References
  1. "Battle of Roses (1950) directed by Mikio Naruse • Reviews, film + cast". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  2. "Bara kassen (1950) – Plot Summary". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
  3. "Bara kassen / Battle of Roses (1950)". Cinema Talk. Retrieved 2019-11-24.
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