Windy Street (1959)
Adapted from the original work by the literary giant Yasunari Kawabata. Through the lives of three sisters each following their own path, the film offers a richly poetic exploration of what constitutes happiness for women.
Director:
Katsumi Nishikawa
Writers:
Katsumi Nishikawa, Ryōichi Yamauchi, Seiichi Yashiro.
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Izumi Ashikawa as Naoko Takeshima |
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Shinsuke Ashida as Yûnosuke Kobayashi |
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Yasuo Fujita as Shigeta |
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Ryōji Hayama as Jinkichi Kobayashi |
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Chikako Hosokawa as Mrs. Mayama |
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Shirō Ōsaka as Takaaki Takeshima |
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Hisako Yamane as Miyako Takeshima |
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Mie Kitahara as Keiko Takeshima |
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Mayumi Shimizu as Chikako Takeshima |
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Yuji Odaka as Kousuke Yada |
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Sachiko Soma as Kikuyo Yada |
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Kinzō Shin as Mr. Kondo |
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Masumi Okada as Hideo Mayama |
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Nakajirō Tomita as |
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Ikunosuke Koizumi as Okada |
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Mikiko Sakai as Mrs. Okada |
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Tsuchiyasu Kinohara as |
| Directing | Katsumi Nishikawa | Director |
| Writing | Katsumi Nishikawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yasunari Kawabata | Novel |
| Writing | Ryōichi Yamauchi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Seiichi Yashiro | Screenplay |
| Production | Masayuki Takagi | Producer |
| Sound | Masayoshi Ikeda | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Saburō Isayama | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Akira Suzuki | Editor |
| Art | Akiyoshi Satani | Art Direction |
| Sound | Toshio Nakamura | Sound Recordist |