Melodies of a White Night
Directed by	Sergei Solovyov Kiyosi Nisimura
Written by	Sergei Solovyov Tasiyuki Tasikura
Starring	Komaki Kurihara Yury Solomin Aleksandr Zbruyev
Cinematography	Georgy Rerberg
Music by	Isaac Schwartz
Production companies	Mosfilm Toho
Release date	1976 (1976)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Soviet Union Japan
Languages	Russian, Japanese

Melodies of a White Night ( Russian: Мелодии белой ночи, romanized: Melodii beloy nochi; Japanese: 白夜の調べ) is a 1976 romantic drama directed by Sergei Solovyov. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

A Japanese pianist ( Komaki Kurihara) travels to the Soviet Union to better understand the country's composers' production. She falls in love with Soviet composer Ilya ( Yury Solomin), who has lost his parents in the Siege of Leningrad and also his wife during childbirth. The lovers enjoy Leningrad's white summer nights, and Ilya starts composing a piano concert inspired by Yuko. A couple of years later, they meet again in Japan in Kyoto, where Ilya is conducting his piano concert, and Yuko is the soloist. Ilya finds out that Yuko is a widow and starts to experience feelings of guilt.

Cast

• Komaki Kurihara - Yuko, Japanese pianist
• Yury Solomin - Ilya, composer-conductor
• Aleksandr Zbruyev - Fedor, Ilya's brother, painter
• Sergey Polezhaev - musician, teacher
• Yelizaveta Solodova - foster mother of Ilya and Fedor, music teacher
• Andrey Leontovich - Alyosha, son of Ilya
• Seiji Miyaguchi

References

External links

• Melodies of a White Night at IMDb

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