, also
romanised
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as ''Gin Shinjū'', is a 1956 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
written and directed by
Kaneto Shindō.
It is based on a novel by Torahiko Tamiya.
Cast
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Nobuko Otowa as Sakie / Umeko
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Hiroyuki Nagato as Tamatarō
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Jūkichi Uno as Kiichi
* Chikako Hosokawa as Madame
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Tanie Kitabayashi
was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre Company, founded in 1950. Early in her career, she became well known for portrayin ...
as Nobuyo
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Akitake Kōno
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1943 to 1973.
Career
Kōno started acting with the Zenshinza theater troupe before joining the Toho Company, Toho studio in 1942. Mostly a character actor, he appeared in film ...
as Yoshizō
* Fukuko Sayo as Kurimoto's wife
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Masami Shimojō
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Ichirō Sugai as Kurimoto
* Harue Tone as Saku
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Taiji Tonoyama as Gensaku
References
External links
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Japanese drama films
1950s Japanese-language films
1956 drama films
Films directed by Kaneto Shindo
1950s Japanese films
Japanese black-and-white films
Films scored by Akira Ifukube
Films based on Japanese novels
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