Bright Young Maidens (1958)
In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a suitable lodger who will catch the eye of her daughter.
Director:
Kihachi Okamoto
Writer:
Toshiro Ide
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Izumi Yukimura as Kanako Ishizawa |
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Rumiko Sasa as Tamako Ishizawa, Kanako's Younger Sister |
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Kuniko Miyake as Mihoko Ishizawa, Kanako's Mother |
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Fumie Noguchi as Sumiko Shibata |
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Kumi Mizuno as Tomoko Nomura |
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Daisuke Katō as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father |
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Sadako Sawamura as Chie Shibata, Sumiko's Mother |
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Minoru Takashima as Daisuke Nomura, Tomoko's Younger Brother |
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Ken Uehara as Koutaro Nomura, Tomoko's Father |
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Shinji Yamada as Mitsuo Kawasaki |
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Nadao Kirino as Minoru Hashimoto |
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Mickey Curtis as Seizou Tanaka |
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Ikio Sawamura as The Director |
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Akira Takarada as |
| Camera | Fukuzo Koizumi | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Kihachi Okamoto | Director |
| Production | Masakatsu Kaneko | Producer |
| Writing | Toshiro Ide | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yōjirō Ishizaka | Novel |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Kaneko | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Seiichi Bawatari | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Toshiya Ban | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Tatsuo Kita | Production Design |
| Production | Katsutaro Kawakami | Production Manager |