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Bellflower

Bellflower

1940 · 68 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a poor young girl, trying to become a teacher on her quest to become independent to be able to look after her younger brother. But then tragedy strikes...

Directed by Tamizo Ishida · Written by Nobuko Yoshiya

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