Poppy

(1935)Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi72 minDrama, Romance

Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. However, she becomes enamoured with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in English, who is attracted by her beauty and wealth. Ono himself is bound by an engagement to Sayoko, daughter of his mentor, Professor Inoue.

Yukichi Iwataas Tomotaka Inoue
Kasuke Koizumias Land owner
Kuniko Miyakeas Fujio Kono
Daijiro Natsukawaas Hajime Munechika
Tōichirō Negishias Asai
Ayako Nijoas Itoko
Kazuyoshi Takedaas Kingo Kono
Mitsugu Terashimaas Munechika's father
Ichirō Tsukidaas Seizo Ono
Yōko Umemuraas Fujio's mother
Chiyoko Ôkuraas Sayako Inoue