Broken Drum (1949)
When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.
Director:
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers:
Keisuke Kinoshita, Masaki Kobayashi.
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Tsumasaburō Bandō as Gunpei Tsuda |
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Sachiko Murase as Kuniko |
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Masayuki Mori as Taro |
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Chūji Kinoshita as Heizo |
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Akira Ōizumi as Matasaburo |
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Toshiko Kobayashi as Akiko |
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Yōko Katsuragi as Haruko |
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Masayoshi Ôtsuka as Shiro |
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Sadako Sawamura as Yasuko |
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Jūkichi Uno as Shigeki Nonaka |
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Osamu Takizawa as Naoki |
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Chieko Higashiyama as Nobuko |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Kimura (as Sakae Ozawa) |
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Mitsuo Nagata as Teruo Hanada |
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Hiroshi Aoyama as Laundryman |
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Toshio Yamazaki as |
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Kiyo Murakami as Tsuyu, a maid |
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Sumie Kuwabara as Kimi |
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Natsuko Kahara as Ume |
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Koji Nakata as Tailor |
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Atsuko Okawa as |
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Hiroko Mukai as |
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Aizo Tamashima as |
| Directing | Keisuke Kinoshita | Director |
| Writing | Keisuke Kinoshita | Story |
| Writing | Keisuke Kinoshita | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masaki Kobayashi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Hiroshi Kusuda | Director of Photography |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Art Direction |
| Directing | Masaki Kobayashi | Assistant Director |
| Art | Toshio Fuwa | Set Decoration |
| Production | Kōichirō Ogura | Producer |
| Directing | Ryosuke Kurahashi | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Hisashi Sagara | Editor |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Shigeo Terada | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Taro Takahashi | Sound Recordist |