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.
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Poppy Cast
Poppy Crew
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Department |
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Masaichi Nagata as Producer. He was 74 (79) years old when He died
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Production |
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Daisuke Itô as Writer. He was 82 (82) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Minoru Miki as Director of Photography. He was 51 (81) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Kenji Mizoguchi as Director. He was 82 (58) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Akira Sakamoto as Assistant Director. He was 22 (65) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Tatsuko Sakane as Assistant Director. She was 30 (70) years old when She died
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Directing |
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Tatsuko Sakane as Editor. She was 30 (70) years old when She died
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Editing |
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Natsume Sōseki as Author. He was 68 (49) years old when He died
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Writing |
