Yearning (1993)
Set during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Kaede is the former mistress of a wealthy merchant. When he dies, she is forced out on the street and forced to give up her young daughter to the merchant’s family.
Director:
Tamasaburō Bandō V
Writers:
Masafumi Saito, Taeko Sakurai, Genki Yoshimura.
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as Onami |
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Kyoko Kataoka as Kaede |
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Kirin Kiki as Omatsu |
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Toshiyuki Nagashima as Odabe |
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Hiroyuki Nagato as |
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Sumie Sasaki as Osawa |
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Shōji Yasui as |
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Touta Tarumi as |
| Directing | Tamasaburō Bandō V | Director |
| Editing | Yoshiyuki Okuhara | Editor |
| Production | Shigehiro Nakagawa | Producer |
| Production | Toshiaki Nakazawa | Producer |
| Camera | Mutsuo Naganuma | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Writing | Mantarō Kubota | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Masafumi Saito | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kafu Nagai | Novel |
| Writing | Taeko Sakurai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Genki Yoshimura | Screenplay |
| Production | Kazuyoshi Okuyama | Executive Producer |
| Production | 堤康二 | Executive Producer |
| Production | 一力英夫 | Executive Producer |
| Production | 小田久栄門 | Executive Producer |
| Art | Takeo Kimura | Production Design |
| Sound | Tōsha Meishō II | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | 杵屋榮津五郎 | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ichiro Tsujii | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Hideo Kumagai | Gaffer |
| Camera | Tadashi Kaneda | Still Photographer |