Portrait of Chieko

Portrait of Chieko
From the film "Chieko Sho" (1967). Tamba Tetsuro and Iwashita Shima.
Directed byNoboru Nakamura
Screenplay by
  • Noboru Nakamura
  • Joe Hirose
Based on
Produced byMasao Shirai
Starring
CinematographyHiroshi Takemura
Edited byKeiichi Uraoka
Music byMasaru Satō
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • 5 June 1967 (1967-06-05) (Japan)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Portrait of Chieko (智恵子抄, Chieko-shō) is a 1967 Japanese drama film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It is based both on the 1941 poetry collection Chieko-shō by Japanese poet and sculptor Kōtarō Takamura, dedicated to his wife Chieko (1886–1938), and on the 1957 novel Shōsetsu Chieko-shō by Haruo Satō. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.