The Life of a Horse Trader (1951)
The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and a husband he is frequently drawn to taverns.
Director:
Keigo Kimura
Writers:
Masashige Narusawa, Keigo Kimura.
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Toshirō Mifune as Yonetaro Katayama |
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Machiko Kyō as Yuki |
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Takashi Shimura as Rokutaro Kosaka |
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Ichirō Sugai as Ogasawara |
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Mantarō Ushio as |
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Hikaru Hoshi as |
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Haruyo Ichikawa as Haruno |
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Kyoji Sugi as |
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Kōichi Mizuhara as |
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Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka as |
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Bokuzen Hidari as Gosaku |
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Yoshio Kosugi as |
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Kumeko Urabe as Onobu |
| Directing | Keigo Kimura | Director |
| Writing | Masao Nakayama | Original Story |
| Camera | Shigeyoshi Mine | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Masashige Narusawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Keigo Kimura | Screenplay |