Room for Let (1959)
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.
Director:
Yūzō Kawashima
Writers:
Yūzō Kawashima, Giichi Fujimoto.
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Frankie Sakai as Goro Yoda |
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Chikage Awashima as Yukiko |
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Nobuko Otowa as O-Chiyo |
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Chieko Naniwa as O-Mino |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as Yasu Shima |
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Kokinji Katsura as Yokichi Tani |
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Kyū Sazanka as Kanzo Kumada |
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Yū Fujiki as Nishihara |
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Shoichi Ozawa as Minoru Eto |
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Kiiton Masuda as Nonomiya Shin'ichi |
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Ikio Sawamura as |
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Takeshi Katō as |
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Etsuko Ichihara as Noriko Takayama |
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Keiko Nishioka as O-Sumi |
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Hinode Nishikawa as |
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Atsushi Watanabe as Hochin |
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Mitsuru Zushi as Hiroshi |
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Haruya Katō as Koichiro Takayama |
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Akemi Tsugawa as |
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Hiroshi Fukuyama as Gonda |
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Haruo Miyatani as Yomoyama |
| Directing | Yūzō Kawashima | Director |
| Writing | Yūzō Kawashima | Screenplay |
| Production | Kazuo Takimura | Producer |
| Writing | Giichi Fujimoto | Screenplay |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Kazuo Shimomura | Lighting Technician |
| Camera | Kōzō Okazaki | Director of Photography |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Art Direction |
| Sound | Koji Oshiumi | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Masuji Ibuse | Novel |