A Brother and His Sister (1956)
In a household of three the husband is a salaryman who lives with his younger sister and wife in Tokyo. He is returning home late in the evenings because he plays go, or a Japanese version of chess, with his boss. The wife and sister are unhappy about this. The man's co-worker advises him to stop the late evenings out with the boss, but the man cares less. His sister works at a foreign firm and speaks English. When a man who had earlier visited her workplace returns and asks her out for dinner, she rejects him by lying about a husband. He had made impolite comments about her in English during his earlier visit not realizing she understands him.
Director:
Shūe Matsubayashi
Writer:
Yasujirō Shimazu
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Ryō Ikebe as Kaisuke Mamiya |
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Setsuko Hara as Akiko Mamiya |
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Yōko Tsukasa as Fumiko Mamiya |
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Keiju Kobayashi as Utsumi |
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Akihiko Hirata as Michio |
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Hajime Izu as Ikuta |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Shimura |
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Daisuke Katō as Hayashi |
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Toppa Utsumi as Sawada |
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Yutaka Oka as Employee B |
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Daisuke Inoue as Kawai |
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Hiroshi Akitsu as Hayashi's Co-worker |
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Eiko Kano as Maid |
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Sumiko Koizumi as Mitsuko |
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Yoko Mari as Sachiko |
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Yutaka Sada as Policeman |
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Tatsuo Saitō as Arakawa |
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Hideo Shibuya as Employee |
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Mayumi Shirabato as Post Office Employee |
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Yûko Sonoda as Ruriko |
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Michiko Tsuyama as Masako |
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Eijirō Yanagi as Boss Arita |
| Directing | Shūe Matsubayashi | Director |
| Writing | Yasujirō Shimazu | Screenplay |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Music |
| Camera | Seiichi Endo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Directing | Kengo Furusawa | Assistant Director |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Production Design |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Sound | Shoichi Fujinawa | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Lighting Technician |