A Woman’s Uphill Slope (1960)
Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.
Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
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Mariko Okada as Akie Tsugawa |
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Keiji Sada as Saburo Yaoi |
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Nobuko Otowa as Keiko |
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Kunitaro Sawamura as Kozo Fujizaki |
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Momoko Kôchi as Yumi |
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Hizuru Takachiho as Chiho |
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Yatarō Kitagami as Shuji |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II as Kiyoi |
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真木康次郎 as |
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Reiko Kongō as |
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樋口美子 as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Miki Mori as |
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Satoshi Nishida as |
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Minpei Tomimoto as |
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Hisako Takihana as |
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Kikuko Hojo as |
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Itoko Wakaura as |
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Yuko Takayama as |
| Directing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Director |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Writing | Hisao Sawano | Novel |
| Art | Junichi Ôsumi | Production Design |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yoshio Miyajima | Director of Photography |