Bruce Loeb on Piano "Gosho's technique of creating a poetic atmosphere with editing is most successful in The Dancing Girl of Izu, in which he intentionally chose the silent film form after making several successful talkies...Gosho preferred many cuts and close-up shots, and related this to studying Lubitsch carefully in his youth." (Kyoko Hirano). Based on a Kawabata novel, The Dancing Girl of Izu features Kinuyo Tanaka as a young dancer in a travelling troupe. As they make their way through mountain resorts to Izu, the traditional island gathering place of their trade, she falls in love with a student who shares their travels, but who necessarily remains an outsider. Gosho portrays his travelling players and their milieu with warmth, depth, and attention to detail: "He gives (the film) a marvelously fresh, open-air feeling...the final parting scene by the seashore is lovingly shaped" (National Film Theater, London).