Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky (1954)
A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.
Director:
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer:
Yoshiko Kusuda
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Keiji Sada as Ryoichi Morita |
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Yoshiko Kuga as Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife |
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Hideko Takamine as Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister |
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Akira Ishihama as Noboru, Ryoichi's brother |
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Minoru Ōki as Shun-don |
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Toshiko Kobayashi as Hisako, Shinkichi's sister |
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Masami Taura as Mr. Mitsui, Noboru's friend |
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Kumeko Urabe as Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother |
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Chieko Nakakita as Natsuko |
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Eiko Miyoshi as |
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Shinichi Himori as |
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Ryōhei Uchida as Shinkichi, Hiroko's friend |
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Kaoru Nobe as |
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Kazuko Okada as |
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Jô Mitsumura as |
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Mari Tanahashi as |
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Jun Tanizaki as |
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Teruko Ninomiya as |
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Tsuneko Sasaki as |
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Fumio Tooyama as |
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Yoichi Osugi as |
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Kayoko Terada as |
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Masahiko Inoue as |
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Keiji Tsuchida as |
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Hisashi Taki as |
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Yoshino Tani as |
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Kayoko Muramatsu as |
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Tami Yamamoto as |
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Toshio Shimamura as |
| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Director |
| Writing | Yoshiko Kusuda | Screenplay |
| Production | Kôzô Kubo | Producer |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Toshiyasu Morita | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yoshi Sugihara | Editor |
| Art | Kazue Hirataka | Art Direction |
| Art | Tetsuji Yamazaki | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Masae Hosoi | Costume Design |
| Production | Shôji Obi | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Yûgorô Imai | Assistant Director |
| Art | Kakuzô Saga | Set Designer |
| Sound | Hisao Ōno | Sound |
| Sound | Shûzô Horikawa | Sound mixer |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound |