01 December 1949 Drama, Comedy 108 mins
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.
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Tsumasaburō Bandō as Gunpei Tsuda
Sachiko Murase as Kuniko
Masayuki Mori as Taro
Chūji Kinoshita as Heizo
Akira Ōizumi as Matasaburo
Toshiko Kobayashi as Akiko
Yōko Katsuragi as Haruko
Masayoshi Ôtsuka as Shiro
Sadako Sawamura as Yasuko
Jūkichi Uno as Shigeki Nonaka
Osamu Takizawa as Naoki
Chieko Higashiyama as Nobuko
Eitarō Ozawa as Kimura (as Sakae Ozawa)
Mitsuo Nagata as Teruo Hanada
Hiroshi Aoyama as Laundryman
Masaki Kobayashi Screenplay
Keisuke Kinoshita Story
Keisuke Kinoshita Director
Keisuke Kinoshita Screenplay
Toshio Fuwa Set Decoration
Hiroshi Kusuda Director of Photography
Masaki Kobayashi Assistant Director
Motoji Kojima Art Direction
Kōichirō Ogura Producer
Ryosuke Kurahashi Assistant Director
Hisashi Sagara Editor
Taro Takahashi Sound Recordist
Shigeo Terada Lighting Technician
Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer
破れ太鼓 Trailer
Yabure-daiko Trailer
Japan 01 December 1949
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02 December 1949
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09 November 1949
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02 April 1949
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13 November 1949
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02 February 1949
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07 February 1949
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01 January 1949
The plot takes place during the Civil War in Greece, and it shows the fight of communist partisans, against the pro-Western, monarchist government.
11 October 1949
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