Farewell to Dream (1956)
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
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Shinji Tanaka as Yôichi Akimoto |
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Yūko Mochizuki as Yôichi's mother, Oshin |
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Takahiro Tamura as Sudô |
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Yoshiko Kuga as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko |
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Isuzu Yamada as Seiji's mother, Kiyo |
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Eijirō Tōno as Yôichi's father, Genkichi |
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Shinichi Himori as |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Seiji's father, Haruo |
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Noriko Arita as |
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Teruko Kishi as |
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Noriko Kikuoki as Yôichi's younger sister, Kazue |
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Kaoru Nobe as |
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Ryôhei Ôno as Seiji Harada |
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Shūichi Doki as |
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Eiko Takamatsu as |
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Kazuko Motohashi as |
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Tazuko Kusaka as |
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Chisato Kasuga as |
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Makiko Oka as |
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Toshihiro Mogi as |
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Kunio Teshirogi as |
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Masahiko Inoue as |
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Toshio Shimamura as |
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Mari Tanahashi as |
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Shinichirō Minami as |
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Miko Hirata as |
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Kimiyo Ōtsuka as |
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Yoshino Tani as |
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Tami Yamamoto as |
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Yasuto Takashima as |
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Hideo Matsuno as |
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Yasuyuki Suzuki as |
| Writing | Yoshiko Kusuda | Writer |
| Directing | Keisuke Kinoshita | Director |
| Camera | Hiroshi Kusuda | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Yoshi Sugihara | Editor |
| Production | Kôzô Kubo | Producer |
| Art | Takeshi Hoshino | Set Decoration |
| Art | Kazue Hirataka | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yûji Nagashima | Costume Design |