Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro (1938)
Mr. Tsurujiro is a Japanese folk singer assisted by Ms. Tsuruhachi on the shamisen. The pair is popular, but he often nitpicks her music and so they split. She marries a benefactor, but after a joint show, feels music is above marriage.
Director:
Mikio Naruse
Writer:
Mikio Naruse
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Kazuo Hasegawa as Tsurujiro |
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Isuzu Yamada as Tsuruhachi |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Sahei |
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Masao Mishima as Takeno |
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Heihachirō Ōkawa as Matsuzaki |
| Directing | Mikio Naruse | Director |
| Editing | Kôichi Iwashita | Editor |
| Art | Kazuo Kubo | Production Design |
| Crew | Yûji Dôgen | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Nobuyoshi Morita | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Matsutarō Kawaguchi | Original Story |
| Sound | Nobuo Iida | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Mikio Naruse | Screenplay |
| Camera | Takeo Itō | Director of Photography |