''A Promise'' ( ja, 人間の約束,
translit. Ningen no yakusoku) is a 1986 Japanese
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Yoshishige Yoshida
, also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Graduating from the University of Tokyo, where he studied French literature, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and worked as an assistant ...
.
It was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
(, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob.
The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
1986 Cannes Film Festival
The 39th Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 1986. The Palme d'Or went to '' The Mission'' by Roland Joffé.
The festival opened with ''Pirates'', directed by Roman Polanski and closed with '' El Amor brujo'', directed by Carlos Saura ...
.
Cast
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Rentarō Mikuni
(also sometimes credited as 三国連太郎) (January 20, 1923 – April 14, 2013) was a Japanese film actor from Gunma Prefecture. He appeared in over 150 films since making his screen debut in 1951, and won three Japanese Academy Awards for ...
as Ryosaku Morimoto
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Sachiko Murase
was a Japanese actress. She appeared in about 90 films between 1927 and 1991.
Selected filmography
* (1930)
* (1930)
* (1931)
* (1931-1932, part 1, 2) - Ayako Kirihara
* (1932) - Mitsuko, reporter
* (1932)
* (1933)
* (1933)
* ''A Woman ...
as Tatsu, Ryosaku's wife
*
Choichiro Kawarazaki as Yoshio, Ryosaku's son
*
Orie Satoh
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as Ritsuko, Yoshio's wife
*
Kōichi Satō as Detective Yoshikawa
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Tetta Sugimoto
is a Japanese actor.
Career
Sugimoto was first a member of a rock band before he debuted as an actor in 1983 in the film '' Hakujasho''. For that film, he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. In addition to his work in film, he has a ...
as Takao, Yoshio's son
*
Reiko Tajima as Saeko Nogawa
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Choei Takahashi as Takeya Nakamura
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Kumiko Takeda
is a Japanese actress.
Personal life
Takeda was married to an American from 2000 until divorcing in 2016. She currently lives with her daughter in San Diego.
Filmography
* ''Shuffle'' (1981) - Girl in playground
* '' High Teen Boogie'' (1982 ...
as Naoko, Yoshio's daughter
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Tomisaburo Wakayama
, born Masaru Okumura (奥村 勝),Leous, G. (''c.'' 2003)Tomisaburo WakayamaRetrieved on May 23, 2010. was a Japanese actor best known for playing Ogami Ittō, the scowling, 19th-century '' ronin'' warrior in the six ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' samura ...
as Detective Tagami
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Masakane Yonekura
Masakane Yonekura ( ja, 米倉 斉加年; 7 October 1934 – 26 August 2014) was a Japanese stage director, actor, author and illustrator who was one of the central members of the Gekidan Mingei theatre company.
Death
On 26 August 2014, Yonekura ...
as Detective Miura
References
External links
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1986 films
1986 drama films
Japanese drama films
1980s Japanese-language films
Films directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
1980s Japanese films
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