In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue. Hatsue grows up beautifully and falls in love with Shintaro. But Takichi objects to their relationship...
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Ryūtarō Tatsumi as Takichi "Taa" Sadogashima
Yōko Minamida as Otsuru / Kimie
Shirō Ōsaka as Shintaro
Taiji Tonoyama as Shime
Tomoko Kō as Hatsue
Tanie Kitabayashi as Otaka
Shoichi Ozawa as Keikichi
Nobuo Kawakami as Night Market Boss
Sanpei Mine as Tanekichi Hanai
Ryusei Ito as Calligraphy Teacher
Tsuchiyasu Kinohara as Hinomaru Bath Owner
Reiko Kuba as Kappa Alley Resident
Tatsuya Mihashi as Jiro Hanai
Tsûsai Sugawara as Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss
Kazuo Kinugasa as Car customer (Sekitori)
Kaoru Yamamoto as Female teacher at an elementary school
Yūzō Kawashima Director
Tadashi Nakamura Editor
Toshio Yasumi Screenplay
Kuratarō Takamura Director of Photography
Mitsuo Onishi Lighting Technician
Riichirō Manabe Original Music Composer
Kimihiko Nakamura Production Design
Shōhei Imamura Second Assistant Director
Masayuki Takagi Producer
Sakunosuke Oda Novel
Akinori Matsuo First Assistant Director
Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist
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Japan 28 August 1956
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