Haha tsubaki (1950)
Kamezo, a manzai comedian, had been taking a break from performing while his partner Tsuruko was giving birth, but Tsuruko announced that she was retiring from the stage. That child was, in fact, the son of Takashi Yashiro, a politician with a promising future. Believing that a relationship between a politician and a female manzai comedian would bring unhappiness to Yashiro and his wife, Tsuruko changed her address and was even preparing to leave the stage. Tsuruko’s alcoholic father, having caught wind of this, snatched the child, Yoko, and squandered the small sum of money he had received from Yashiro on drinking.
Director:
Eiichi Koishi
Writer:
Kennosuke Tateoka
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Aiko Mimasu as |
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Miki Sanjō as |
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Haruhisa Kawada as |
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Ichirō Sugai as |
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So Yamamura as |
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Achako Hanabishi as |
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Ichirō Izawa as |
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Kansho Yoshii as |
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山田惠一郎 as |
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湊日南 as |
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Jun Negami as |
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Michiko Hoshi as |
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Chieko Seki as |
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Haruko Tani as |
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Kenichi Miyajima as |
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Hiromi Kawaguchi as |
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Haruko Miyaji as |
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田中郁子 as |
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佐々木陽子 as |
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Riko Chikamatsu as |
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Yumeko Takehisa as |
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Hiroko Machida as |
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Yōichi Mizuhara as |
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Hisao Yoshitani as |
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Toshio Maki as |
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Seiji Izumi as |
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Kyoko Miyahara as |
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Eiichi Takamura as |
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Kikuyo Suda as |
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大野千鶴子 as |
| Directing | Eiichi Koishi | Director |
| Writing | Kennosuke Tateoka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jun Tsutsui | Original Story |
| Production | Kosuke Seki | Producer |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Art | Atsuji Shibata | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ichiro Tone | Music |
| Sound | Mitsuo Hasegawa | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Shozo Izumi | Lighting Technician |