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Tsuchi

Tsuchi

1939Movie⏱️ 2h 22m
Drama
7.2
IMDB Rating
114 votes

The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. The film depicts the events of a year during the Meiji era and occurrences and actualities of the farmers of the period. The family...

Director
Tomu Uchida
Writers
Tsutomu Kitamura, Takashi Nagatsuka, Yasutarô Yagi
Stars
Isamu Kosugi, Akiko Kazami, Donguribôya
Release Date
April 13, 1939
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Isamu Kosugi
Isamu Kosugi
as Kanji
Akiko Kazami
Akiko Kazami
as Otsugi
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Donguribôya
as Yokichi
👤
Kaichi Yamamoto
as Ukichi
👤
Bontarô Miake
as Heizo
Reizaburô Yamamoto
Reizaburô Yamamoto
as Kane
👤
San'emon Suzuki
as Gen-San
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Masako Fujimura
as Tami
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Chieko Murata
as Landowner's wife
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Mieshi Bando
as Katsu

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Nikkatsu

🏷️ Keywords

farmfarmeribaraki japanpoor peoplepoverty

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDrama

⭐ Featured Review

"Spit Out Dreams"
by manfromplanetx2018-01-09
10/10

"Viewed was a seriously compromised print of Earth which was discovered in Germany in 1968. Poor quality, the print suffers from nitrate damage and includes hard encoded German subtitles. It is missing the first and last reel. The original film was 142 minutes long; this version runs 93 minutes. A 119-minute version with first reel, subtitles in Russian, was discovered in Russia around the turn of this century not sure of its image quality, hope too see one day. Uchida's best known prewar film was the winner of the 1940 Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film, Tsuchi is widely regarded a master..."

💡 Did You Know?

The print found in East Germany in 1968 was missing its first and last reels. Another print found at Gosfilmfond USSR in 2001, has a first reel.

📖 Synopsis

The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. The film depicts the events of a year during the Meiji era and occurrences and actualities of the farmers of the period. The family...