The Actress and the Poet (1935)
Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemingly high-class couple who just so happens is open to purchasing life insurance from their swift neighbour. In the meantime, life is imitating art across the street, which may end up providing for either a happy ending or a rude split - eventually that is.
Director:
Mikio Naruse
Writers:
Minoru Nakano, Ryûji Nagami.
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Sachiko Chiba as Chieko |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Baido Noso |
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Kimba Sanyutei as Kintarô Hanashima |
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Haruko Toda as Ohama |
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Hiroshi Uruki as Geppû Futatsugi |
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Hideo Saeki as Young man |
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Masao Mishima as Actor |
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Teruko Miyano as Actress |
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Yoko Nitta as Tabacco Shop Woman |
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Chizuko Kanda as Young woman |
| Directing | Mikio Naruse | Director |
| Camera | Hiroshi Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Noboru Itō | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Koichi Sugii | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Art | Kazuo Kubo | Art Direction |
| Writing | Minoru Nakano | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ryûji Nagami | Screenplay |