Don't Ever Die, Mama! (1961)
Yoshiuki and his older brother Yoshihisa are in school. They live with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet while their father is in the hospital with tuberculosis.
Director:
Yoshiro Kawazu
Writer:
Keisuke Kinoshita
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Ineko Arima as Mother |
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Kiyoshi Hirayama as Yoshiyuki |
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Jiro Yamazaki as Yoshihisa |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto as Father |
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Kikue Mōri as Grandmother |
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Shinobu Asaji as Tsuchiya, teacher |
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Botcha Kawai as narrator |
| Directing | Yoshiro Kawazu | Director |
| Writing | Keisuke Kinoshita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoshitaka Hirabayashi | Original Story |
| Production | Takashi Tokuoka | Producer |
| Camera | Ryoichi Arano | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kaname Okada | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Iijima | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Yoshi Sugihara | Editor |
| Camera | Kenichi Sakai | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |