Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
During WWII, Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son has fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
Director:
Masaki Kobayashi
Writer:
Sakae Hirosawa
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Makoto Fujita as Zensaku |
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Michiyo Aratama as Yosiko |
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Toshio Kurosawa as Renji Mukaizaka |
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Wakako Sakai as Mariko Suzuki |
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Kunie Tanaka as Hisataro Ohno |
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Kei Satō as Takenori Suzuki |
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Masao Mishima as Narrator (voice) |
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Tomoko Naraoka as Miyo Mukaizaka |
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Michiyo Aratama as Yoshiko Hide |
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Yoko Kiku as Sakiko Kosaka |
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Tokue Hanazawa as Shosuke Toyama |
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Isao Hashimoto as Kazuo Kaneko |
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Rie Mizuki as Taeko Hirayama |
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto as Sergeant Sakai |
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Tanaka Yoshiyuki as Togawa |
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Hiroya Morita as Okada |
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Atsuko Kawaguchi as Young Mother |
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Masao Mishima as Narrator |
| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Director |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Production Design |
| Production | Ichirō Satō | Producer |
| Writing | Shūsaku Endō | Novel |
| Production | Hideyuki Shiino | Producer |
| Production | Masayuki Satō | Producer |
| Lighting | Yosuke Sakakibara | Gaffer |
| Editing | Michio Suwa | Editor |
| Sound | Toshio Harashima | Sound |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kōzō Okazaki | Director of Photography |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Art Direction |
| Writing | Sakae Hirosawa | Screenplay |