The Wandering Princess with Love Under the Crucifix

Collaborating with screenwriter Natto Wada (The Burmese Harp) on an adaptation of the best-selling book by Hiroko Aiishinkakura, Tanaka’s first widescreen film spans twenty tumultuous years in the life of a young Japanese woman (played by Machiko Kyo, Mizoguchi’s Empress Yang Kwei-Fei).