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Yasujiro Ozu’s first post–World War II film takes place in an impoverished Toyko neighborhood that has been partly destroyed in bombing raids. Here, a hardhearted middle-aged widow reluctantly takes in child abandoned by his father; eventually the two of them warm to each other. Ozu’s delicate, humorous, and unsentimental story of redemption is the director’s expression of a country slowly coming out of the dark.
Original Release
05/20/1947
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chôko Iida | Otane |
Hohi Aoki | Kohei the boy / Kohei |
Eitarô Ozawa | Father |
Mitsuko Yoshikawa | Kikuko |
Reikichi Kawamura | Tamekichi |
Hideko Mimura | Okiku |
Chishû Ryû | Tashiro |
Takeshi Sakamoto | Kihachi Kawayoshi / Kawayoshi |
Eiko Takamatsu | Tome / Tome Kawayoshi |
Taiji Tonoyama | Photographer |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chôko Iida | Otane |
Hohi Aoki | Kohei the boy / Kohei |
Eitarô Ozawa | Father |
Mitsuko Yoshikawa | Kikuko |
Reikichi Kawamura | Tamekichi |
Hideko Mimura | Okiku |
Chishû Ryû | Tashiro |
Takeshi Sakamoto | Kihachi Kawayoshi / Kawayoshi |
Eiko Takamatsu | Tome / Tome Kawayoshi |
Taiji Tonoyama | Photographer |
Yûichi Kôno | |
Seiji Nishimura | Neighbor / Kashiwaya |
Fujiyo Osafune | Shigeko |
Yoshino Tani | Mother / Wife |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Mitsuzô Kubo | Producer |