Kah-chan (2001)
Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Keiko Kishi as Okatsu |
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Ryuji Harada as Yukichi |
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Tsuyoshi Ujiki as Ichita |
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Kanae Katsuno as Osan |
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Yuta Yamazaki as Sannosuke |
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Masaki Iizumi as Jiro |
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Saburo Ishikura as Kumagoro |
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Isao Bitō as Gen-san |
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Baijaku Nakamura as Man in Coat |
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Ryudo Uzaki as Constable |
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Ryusho Shunputei as Old Man |
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Takashi Nishina as Constable |
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Korroke as Strange Man |
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Edoya Koneko as Merchant |
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Akio Yokoyama as Izakaya Owner |
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Fujio Tokita as Fortune-teller |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Landlord |
| Writing | Yo Takeyama | Writer |
| Writing | Natto Wada | Writer |
| Sound | Ryudo Uzaki | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Yukio Isohata | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Production Design |
| Sound | Teiichi Saitô | Sound |
| Lighting | Kazuo Shimomura | Gaffer |
| Editing | Chizuko Osada | Editor |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Writing | Shūgorō Yamamoto | Novel |
| Directing | Yoshifumi Ogasawara | Assistant Director |
