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DramaRomance
Shindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. Numazaki, a mediocre screenwriter, faces imminen...
Director
Kaneto Shindô
Writers
N/A
Stars
Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Denjirô Ôkôchi
Release Date
September 7, 1951
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🎭 Top Cast
Nobuko Otowa
as Takako Ishikawa
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Jûkichi Uno
as Keita Numazaki
Denjirô Ôkôchi
Ichirô Sugai
as Director of the film studio
Osamu Takizawa
as Film Director Sakaguchi
Ryôsuke Kagawa
as Kôzô Ishikawa, Takako's father
Yuriko Hanabusa
as Yumie Ishikawa
Masao Shimizu
as Masuda
Taiji Tonoyama
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Seishirô Hara
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
Daiei Studios
🎯 Categories
JapaneseDramaRomance
💡 Did You Know?
According to the director the film was 70% factual and 30% fictional about his recently deceased wife.
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📖 Synopsis
Shindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. Numazaki, a mediocre screenwriter, faces imminen...