Compiled by JOHN CARR-GREGG from the writings of HIGUCHI ICHIYO (1872-96), the first woman writer of stature in modem Japan with Helena Breck as Ichiyo and Mark Straker as Tosui Narrator Leonard Fenton
'Stirred by the blossoms, and yearnings for the moon, I am a creature at the mercy of many moods. They say that, if unexpressed, the feelings of the heart will fester. And I have too many; sadness and joy are mixed together.'
Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS