Our Town (1956)
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue. Hatsue grows up beautifully and falls in love with Shintaro. But Takichi objects to their relationship...
Director:
Yūzō Kawashima
Writer:
Toshio Yasumi
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Ryūtarō Tatsumi as Takichi "Taa" Sadogashima |
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Yōko Minamida as Otsuru / Kimie |
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Shirō Ōsaka as Shintaro |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Shime |
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Tomoko Kō as Hatsue |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Otaka |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Keikichi |
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Nobuo Kawakami as Night Market Boss |
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Sanpei Mine as Tanekichi Hanai |
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Ryusei Ito as Calligraphy Teacher |
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Tsuchiyasu Kinohara as Hinomaru Bath Owner |
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Reiko Kuba as Kappa Alley Resident |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Jiro Hanai |
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Tsûsai Sugawara as Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss |
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Kazuo Kinugasa as Car customer (Sekitori) |
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Kaoru Yamamoto as Female teacher at an elementary school |
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Isao Yoshida as |
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Hisao Murata as |
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Masuyo Suzumura as |
| Editing | Tadashi Nakamura | Editor |
| Directing | Yūzō Kawashima | Director |
| Camera | Kuratarō Takamura | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Onishi | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Sakunosuke Oda | Novel |
| Art | Kimihiko Nakamura | Production Design |
| Production | Masayuki Takagi | Producer |
| Directing | Shōhei Imamura | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Akinori Matsuo | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Fumio Hashimoto | Sound Recordist |