People Waiting for Spring (1959)
This drama centers on an elderly politician and depicts how humans can return to their true selves when they are freed from selfish desires and self-interest.
Director:
Noboru Nakamura
Writers:
Takao Yanai, Tsutomu Sawamura.
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Toshinobu Saburi as Old politician Satomi |
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Takahiro Tamura as Akiko's Husband/Magazine Reporter |
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Ineko Arima as Akiko Tanigawa |
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Yachiyo Ōtori as Kazuko Nishiwaki |
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Keiji Sada as Western-style painter Nishiwaki |
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Toshiko Kobayashi as Masako Sakaguchi |
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Jun Tatara as Ironworks Director Sakaguchi |
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Yūsuke Kawazu as Toshio Satomi |
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Mariko Okada as Junko Murai |
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Teiji Takahashi as Shigeru Yajima |
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Ayako Otsu as Kaoru |
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Akihiko Katayama as Tanaka |
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Sadako Sawamura as Chiyo Tsukagoshi |
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Mitsuko Mito as Ritsu Yamamura |
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Hizuru Takachiho as Fumiko Yamamura |
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Toyoko Yamamoto as Katsuya Yamamura |
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Miyuki Kuwano as Kayoko Naganuma |
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Yoshito Yamaji as Nagayoshi Tanigawa |
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Kinzō Shin as Sato |
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Hiroko Saya as Yumi Ishimoto |
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Masahiko Inoue as Chief Election Officer |
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Yūnosuke Itō as Artist Morita |
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Rou Ose as The Thug |
| Directing | Noboru Nakamura | Director |
| Writing | Takao Yanai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tsutomu Sawamura | Screenplay |
| Production | Takeshi Fukasawa | Producer |
| Art | Yoshitaka Yoshino | Art Direction |
| Crew | Yoshiyasu Hamamura | Editorial Staff |
| Sound | Shotaro Yoshida | Sound |
| Camera | Yûharu Atsuta | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |