With Wife, Children, and Friends (1961)
Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.
Director:
Umetsugu Inoue
Writer:
Toshio Yasumi
![]() |
Keiji Sada as Yonesaku Nihei |
![]() |
Minoru Ōki as Saburota Henmi |
![]() |
Hizuru Takachiho as Nobuko |
![]() |
Miyuki Kuwano as Michiyo |
![]() |
Masahiko Tsugawa as Ryushiro Henmi |
![]() |
Tōru Abe as Hoshino |
![]() |
Noriko Maki as Setsuko Tamiya |
![]() |
Shinichirō Mikami as Akio |
![]() |
Mitsuko Mito as Takiyo Sugawa |
![]() |
Fujio Suga as Inspector Honda |
![]() |
Ryuji Kita as |
![]() |
Kōji Mitsui as |
![]() |
Takamaru Sasaki as Shinzo Matsuyama |
![]() |
Hisao Toake as Jukichi Kanai |
![]() |
Yoshito Yamaji as Kotetsu |
![]() |
Koji Nakata as Yamakawa |
![]() |
真木康次郎 as |
![]() |
Jo Azumi as |
![]() |
Hiroshi Aoyama as |
![]() |
Omenosuke Ichikawa as |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ichiro Kashihara | Story |
| Directing | Umetsugu Inoue | Director |
| Camera | Hideo Ishimoto | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |