The Ambitious Youth (1962)
As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.
Director:
Tadashi Sawashima
Writers:
Tadashi Sawashima, Motonari Wakai.
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Katsuo Nakamura as Tasuke Ishii / Isshin Tasuke |
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Yoshiko Mita as Nakako Miyagawa |
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Hitomi Nakahara as |
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Naoko Kubo as Naoko |
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Kiyoshi Atsumi as Mitsuo Aoi |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as |
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Tōru Yuri as Yuri |
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Haruo Tanaka as Tanaka |
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Minoru Chiaki as |
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Kinichi Hanabusa as |
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Shunji Kasuga as |
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Yoshikazu Sugi as |
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Ryō Daitō as |
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Machiko Yashiro as Yukiko |
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Kanichi Tani as |
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Eitarō Shindō as Hikozo Okubo |
| Writing | Tadashi Sawashima | Screenplay |
| Directing | Tadashi Sawashima | Director |
| Writing | Motonari Wakai | Screenplay |
| Camera | Shizuka Fujii | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Masashige Harada | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Osamu Tanaka | Editor |
| Sound | Yozo Uchida | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Katsuhiko Taguchi | Assistant Director |
| Art | Keigo Shimozawa | Art Direction |