The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined to win his love that they volunteer as subjects for his experiments
Director:
Yasuzō Masumura
Writer:
Kaneto Shindō
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Raizō Ichikawa as Seishu Hanaoka (Unpei) |
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Ayako Wakao as Kae |
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Hideko Takamine as Otsugi |
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Yūnosuke Itō as Naomichi |
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Misako Watanabe as Koriku |
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Yatsuko Tan'ami as Kae's Mother |
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Chisako Hara as Okatsu |
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Chieko Naniwa as Kae's Wet Nurse |
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Taketoshi Naitō as Sajibei |
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Saburo Date as Ryoan Shimomura |
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Kenzō Tabu as Herbalist |
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Gen Kimura as Yonejiro |
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Shōzō Nanbu as Kae's Grandfather |
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Yoichi Funaki as Yogen Yuasa |
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Tokio Oki as Merchant |
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Kanae Kobayashi as Midwife |
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Kanji Uehara as |
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Kiyoshi Itô as |
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Shinjiro Akatsuki as |
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Mineko Takagi as |
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Noboru Taki as |
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Haruko Sugimura as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Yasuzō Masumura | Director |
| Camera | Setsuo Kobayashi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kanji Suganuma | Editor |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
| Sound | Hikaru Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Mima | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Art Direction |
| Sound | Masao Ōsumi | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Writing | Sawako Ariyoshi | Novel |
| Production | Hisakazu Tsuji | Production Coordinator |
| Directing | Hachizō Miyajima | Assistant Director |
| Production | Eiji Nishizawa | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshio Ueno | Costume Design |
