To the Ends of the Earth (1953)
In this downbeat, emotionally gripping drama, a lone guardian of some small huts on one of the northernmost, small islands off Japan remembers his once happier past and the events that destroyed everyone he held dear.
Director: Seiji Hisamatsu
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Ryō Ikebe as |
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Kumeko Urabe as |
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Mitsuko Kimura as |
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Yoshiko Kuga as |
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Sugisaku Aoyama as |
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Noriko Honma as |
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Reiko Shirai as |
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Jun Negami as |
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Hideo Takamatsu as |
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Kichijirō Ueda as |
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Kinzō Shin as |
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Kenichi Miyajima as |
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Misufumi Kosugi as |
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春藤和枝 as |
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Kaku Takashina as |
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Bontarō Miake as |
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Osamu Maruyama as |
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Hatsuko Wakahara as |
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Eiichi Takamura as |
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Zenji Yamada as |
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Tadashi Date as |
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Shiko Saito as |
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Tatsuo Hanabu as |
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Hisako Takihana as |
| Directing | Seiji Hisamatsu | Director |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Adaptation |
| Writing | Fyodor Dostoevsky | Novel |
| Production | Osamu Yoneda | Producer |
| Camera | Michio Takahashi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mikio Naka | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Music |
| Sound | Kenichi Nishii | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Yukio Itō | Lighting Technician |