The Shiinomi School (1955)
A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shimizu’s skillful direction.
Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
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Kyōko Kagawa as Kayoko Atsumi |
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Yukiko Shimazaki as Doctor Tanaka |
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Kenzō Kawarasaki as Yudo Yamamoto |
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Ryô Iwashita as Teruhiko Yamamoto |
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Ichirō Ryūzaki as Sankichi Murata |
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Shin Date as Doctor |
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Yoshio Ōmori as |
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Fumio Ōmachi as |
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Chiyoko Komine as |
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Kumiko Mizuhara as |
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Ichiro Kodama as |
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Toshikazu Hara as |
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Hiroki Nakanishi as |
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Sakutarō Yamakawa as |
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Saburō Morimoto as |
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Miyoko Yamagishi as |
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Chiyoko Kuni as |
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Jūkichi Uno as Professor Yamamoto |
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Ranko Hanai as Fumiko Yamamoto |
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Yoko Hayama as |
| Directing | Hiroshi Shimizu | Director |
| Writing | Hiroshi Shimizu | Writer |
| Writing | Saburô Yamamoto | Writer |
| Editing | Toshio Goto | Editor |
| Camera | Hiroshi Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Masaharu Koyama | Lighting Technician |
| Production | Ichiro Nagashima | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Teruo Ishii | Assistant Director |
| Art | Seiichi Toriizuka | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ichirō Saitō | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Tsukuru Kataoka | Sound Recordist |