Learn from Experience, Part One (1937)
Wealthy young Toyomi and Shintaro are in love. However, Shintaro’s father is arranging for him to marry Yurie, the scion of an even wealthier family. The two lovers flee to Tokyo, but when Shintaro returns to proclaim his intent to marry Toyomi, his father browbeats him into attending the marriage meeting with Yurie. Part one of a two-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan.
Director: Mikio Naruse
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Takako Irie as Toyomi |
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Chieko Takehisa as Yurie |
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Yumeko Aizome as Michiko |
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Minoru Takada as Shintaro |
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Heihachirō Ōkawa as |
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Sadao Maruyama as Shintaro's father |
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Kō Mihashi as Toyomi's father |
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Yo Shiomi as Yurie's father |
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Zenpei Saga as |
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Akira Ubukata as |
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Kaoru Itō as |
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Yuriko Hanabusa as Shintaro's mother |
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Toshiko Itō as Toyomi's mother |
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Setsuko Horikoshi as |
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Tamae Kiyokawa as |
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Rikie Sanjō as Yurie's mother |
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Chizuko Kanda as Friend |
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Ryuko Umezono as Friend |
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Naoyo Yamagata as Friend |
| Directing | Mikio Naruse | Director |
| Writing | Fumitaka Iwasaki | Writer |
| Writing | Kan Kikuchi | Writer |
| Camera | Mitsuo Miura | Director of Photography |