In Search of Mother (1962)
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
Director:
Tai Katō
Writer:
Tai Katō
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Kinnosuke Nakamura as Banba no Chutaro |
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Hiroki Matsukata as Kanamachi no Hanjiro |
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Keiko Okawa as Otose |
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Michiyo Kogure as Ohama |
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Hitomi Nakahara as Onui |
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Isao Yamagata as Yosuke |
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Kensaku Hara as Kingoro |
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Shizue Natsukawa as Omura |
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Chieko Naniwa as Obah |
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Sadako Sawamura as Otora |
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Michisaburō Segawa as Sukegoro |
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Shin Tokudaiji as Kihachi |
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Kusuo Abe as Shichigoro |
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Iseya |
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Harue Akagi as Ofumi |
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Tokinosuke Nakamura as Zenzaburo |
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Ushio Akashi as |
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Tsukie Matsuura as |
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Mitsue Kikumura as |
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Hanzō Kataoka as |
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Kinji Nakamura as |
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Ryō Daitō as |
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Juro Hoshi as |
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Hiroshi Fujikawa as |
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Shinnosuke Ogata as |
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Kinjirô Tooyama as |
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Eiji Minakata as |
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Heitaro Gori as |
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Kinya Suzuki as |
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Akemi Misawa as |
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山本操子 as |
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Yuriko Mishima as |
| Directing | Tai Katō | Director |
| Sound | Nakaba Takahashi | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Taro Taira | Sound |
| Writing | Shin Hasegawa | Theatre Play |
| Camera | Osamu Furuya | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Kozo Horiike | Editor |
| Production | Keizo Mimura | Producer |
| Writing | Tai Katō | Screenplay |
| Production | Keiichi Hashimoto | Producer |