The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog (1946)
A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the villain’s niece and brothers on the other. When the villains’ carefully crafted facade is exposed, a monk who sides with the widow puts on the performance of a lifetime. A heartwarming pastoral comedy rich in human warmth.
Director:
Masahisa Sunohara
Writers:
Taketaka Yagisawa, Yutaka Okada, Ryōzō Kasahara.
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Mitsusaburō Ramon as |
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Kisao Tobita as |
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Chieko Sōma as |
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堤みどり as |
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Bontarō Miake as |
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Eiran Yoshikawa as |
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Tsuneko Sudō as |
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Kiyoko Hirai as |
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Mantarō Ushio as |
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Kumeko Urabe as |
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Michiko Suzuki as |
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Keiju Kobayashi as |
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Bumon Kahara as |
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大原穣 as |
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冬木映彦 as |
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Seiji Izumi as |
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山田春夫 as |
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Hatsuko Wakahara as |
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Shiroyuki Miyajima as |
| Directing | Masahisa Sunohara | Director |
| Writing | Taketaka Yagisawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yutaka Okada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Music |
| Camera | Shigeyoshi Mine | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Shinnosuke Andō | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Shozo Izumi | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Tsugio Yonezu | Sound Recordist |
| Art | 柳田篤二 | Art Direction |
| Sound | Yasuo Saegusa | Sound Recordist |