is a 1981 Japanese film directed by

Yasuo Furuhata was a Japanese film director. He was a director of Toei film company and he often worked with Ken Takakura in such films as '' Eki'' and ''Shin Abashiri Bangaichi''. He won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year and 31st Internat ...

. Among many awards, it was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

Cast

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: Eiji Mikami *

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: Kiriko (1979) Michio * Ayumi Ishida: Naoko Mikami (1968) *

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: Suzuko Yoshimatsu (1976) *

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: Ryosuke Honjo * Yu Fujiki: Ichiro Mikami *

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: Chief Nakagawa *

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: Yoshitaka Mikami * Tanie Kitabayashi: Masayo Mikami * Yuko Kotegawa: Fuyuko Mikami * Sachiko Murase: Ryosuke's mother *

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: Shigeru Morioka * Toshiyuki Nagashima: Michio Mikami *

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: Takada *

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: Goro Yoshimatsu *

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* Hideji Otaki: Aiba *

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: Detective Tasumi *

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: Sugawara * Minori Terada: Chikaraishi *

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: Yukio Kinoshita * Masako Yagi: Aiba's wife

Reception

Awards and nominations

5th Japan Academy Prize *Won: Best Picture *Won: Best Screenplay - Sou Kuramoto *Won: Best Actor -

*Won: Best Music -

*Won: Best Sound Recording -

Nobuyuki Tanaka is an economic botanist at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, the Makino Botanical Garden in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Tanaka is an expert on the family Cannaceae ''Canna'' or canna lily is the only genus of flowering plants in the family C ...

*Nominated:

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

*Nominated:

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

*Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role -

*Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Ayumi Ishida and

*Nominated: Best Cinematography -

Daisaku Kimura is a Japanese film director and cinematographer. Overviews He won the award for best director at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for '' Mt. Tsurugidake''. Filmography * '' Submersion of Japan'' (1973) * '' Mt. Tsurugidake'' * '' Climbing to Sp ...

*Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Hideki Mochizuki *Nominated: Best Art Direction - Yukio Higuchi

References

Bibliography

* * * * * 1981 films 1981 drama films Films directed by Yasuo Furuhata Japanese drama films 1980s Japanese-language films Picture of the Year Japan Academy Prize winners Films with screenplays by Sô Kuramoto Films set in Hokkaido 1980s Japanese films {{1980s-drama-film-stub