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Film / 1957
On This Earth
Directed by
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
The story
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
Cast
Hiroshi KawaguchiHeiichiro Okawa
Hitomi NozoeWakako Yoshikura
Kinuyo TanakaOmitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Kyōko KagawaFuyuko
Keizō KawasakiTokio, Wakako's brother
Shin SaburiIchiro Amano
Taiji TonoyamaYajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Ryōsuke KagawaRokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather
Masao ShimizuTatsuzo, Wakako's dad
Kuniko MiyakeYoshie, Wakako's mum
Kyū SazankaMineya
Tamae KiyokawaTami - Mineya's wife
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Kichijirō UedaTahei Nakamura
Fumiko MurataKin - Tahei's wife
Masaya TsukidaYoshida
Keiko AnjôMichiko - Yoshda's sister
Yosuke IrieFukai
Mitsuko TakesatoYoshinio - Fukai's mother
Osamu TakizawaMeichô
Kenji OyamaToyama (Mayor)
Gen HaradaChief
Bontarō MiakeMoriyama
Mantarō UshioTerashima
Manabu MoritaWork Chief
Fumiko Okamurathe landlady of Koryu-tei
Kinzō ShinSatomiya - teacher
Eitarō OzawaSchool master
Eiichi Takamurachief
Toshiko KagiyamaWoman at Shumpûrô
Reiko ShiraiWoman at Shumpûrô
Reiko ShimohiraWoman at Shumpûrô
Mitsuko Han'yaWoman at Shumpûrô
Ryūko AkutagawaWoman at Shumpûrô
Yoshiko KusunokiWoman at Shumpûrô
Toshiko KisaragiYoneko - a maiko
Michiko TakanoIchiko - a maiko
Hikaru HoshiKeian
Kōji FujiyamaProfessor of sword
Shiroyuki MiyajimaOrugu
Kazuko MiyakawaGirl student
Naoko MatsudairaGirl student
Junko KoizumiGirl student
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