Poppy - 1935

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. But she falls in love with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono is himself bound by an engagement to Sayoko, the daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue. The self-centered Fujio is ready to forsake everything for Ono, but he is prevailed upon to go ahead with his marriage to Sayoko. Fujio then offers the watch to Munechika who, perceiving Fujio’s true feelings, hurls the watch into the sea.

72min
1935
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.4/10

Cast

Yukichi Iwata profile pictureYukichi IwataTomotaka Inoue
Kasuke Koizumi profile pictureKasuke KoizumiLand owner
Kuniko Miyake profile pictureKuniko MiyakeFujio Kono
Daijirō Natsukawa profile pictureDaijirō NatsukawaHajime Munechika
Yōko Umemura profile pictureYōko UmemuraFujio's mother
Chiyoko Ôkura profile pictureChiyoko ÔkuraSayako Inoue

About Poppy

Poppy Overview

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. But she falls in love with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono is himself bound by an engagement to Sayoko, the daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue. The self-centered Fujio is ready to forsake everything for Ono, but he is prevailed upon to go ahead with his marriage to Sayoko. Fujio then offers the watch to Munechika who, perceiving Fujio’s true feelings, hurls the watch into the sea.

Runtime: 72min

Extra details

Original Title: 虞美人草
Original Language: Japanese
Directed By: Kenji Mizoguchi
Production Companies
Daiichi Eiga