Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959)
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.
Director:
Tadashi Imai
Writer:
Yōko Mizuki
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Emiko Takahashi as Kiku Kawada |
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George Okunoyama as Isamu Kawada |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Grandma Shigeko |
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Koji Kiyomura as Seijiro |
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Aiko Asahina as Kimie |
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Kōji Mitsui as Shopkeeper |
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Masao Oda as |
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Toshio Takahara as Newspaperman B |
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Zeko Nakamura as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Jun Tatara as |
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Teruko Kishi as Okatsu |
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Michiko Araki as |
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Natsuko Kahara as Miko |
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Teruko Nagaoka as Nun |
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Osamu Takizawa as Man with camera |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as |
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Masao Mishima as |
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Eijirō Tōno as Policeman |
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Rentaro Mikuni as Newspaperman A |
| Directing | Tadashi Imai | Director |
| Production | Shotaro Sumi | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Shunichirō Nakao | Director of Photography |
| Art | Junji Eguchi | Art Direction |
| Production | Takero Itō | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Akikazu Kono | Editor |
| Writing | Yōko Mizuki | Screenplay |
| Sound | Masao Oki | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Ryoji Asami | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Yuten Tachibana | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Shigeharu Yasue | Sound Recordist |