is a 1955
Japanese film
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ...
directed by
Teinosuke Kinugasa
was a Japanese filmmaker. He was born in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture and died in Kyoto. Kinugasa won the 1954 Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival for '' Gate of Hell''. Biography
Kinugasa began his career as an onnagata (actor specializing in f ...
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Cast
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Kazuo Hasegawa
was a Japanese film and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1927 and 1963.
Career
Born to a sake brewing family in Kyoto, he first appeared on stage at age five in a theater run by his family as a side business. In 1918, he beca ...
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Ayako Wakao
is a Japanese actress who was one of the country's biggest stars of the 20th century.
Biography
Wakao began her career contracted to Daiei Studios in 1951 as part of the fifth "New Face" group. She has gone on to appear in over 100 feature films ...
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Hideo Takamatsu
was a Japanese actor from Nankoku, Kōchi Prefecture. Takamatsu appeared in more than 120 films between 1948 and 2007.
Profile
In 1951, he signed his contract with Daiei film company. Two years later, Takamatsu made his film debut with ''Ikare ...
as Engineer
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Raizo Ichikawa
Raizo or Raizō is a Japanese-origin masculine given name. It is uncommon as a surname. People with the name or its variants include:
* Raizo Ichikawa, Japanese film and kabuki actor
* Raizo Matsuno (松野頼三 Matsuno Raizō; 1917 - 2006), Jap ...
as Sofu Yamamura
References
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* http://www.raizofan.net/eng/emovie1/emovie9.htm
Japanese black-and-white films
1955 films
Films directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
Daiei Film films
Japanese drama films
1955 drama films
1950s Japanese films
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