The Daphne (1966)
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.
Director:
Yasuki Chiba
Writers:
Yasuki Chiba, Zenzō Matsuyama.
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Machiko Kyō as Kikuko (the eldest daughter) |
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Yōko Tsukasa as Umeko (the second daughter) |
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Reiko Dan as Sakura (the third daughter) |
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Yuriko Hoshi as Ayame (the fourth daughter) |
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Keiju Kobayashi as Ooka (Umeko's husband) |
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Yōsuke Natsuki as Nomura (Ayame's husband) |
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Akira Takarada as Kudo |
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Tadao Takashima as Minegishi (Ooka's friend) |
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Norihei Miki as |
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Ichirō Arishima as |
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Daisuke Katō as |
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Makoto Satō as Goro (Kudo's younger brother) |
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Yasuo Tanabe as Tsuruo (the eldest son) |
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Natsuko Kahara as Asako (Ooka's mother) |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as |
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Yū Fujiki as |
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Ikio Sawamura as |
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Chōtarō Tōgin as Kondo (Tsuruo's friend) |
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Shirō Tsuchiya as |
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Yutaka Nakayama as |
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Yutaka Sada as |
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Shōichi Hirose as |
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Haruko Sugimura as Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother) |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Story |
| Writing | Yasuki Chiba | Screenplay |
| Directing | Yasuki Chiba | Director |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Screenplay |
| Camera | Asakazu Nakai | Director of Photography |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Art Direction |
| Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Shigeaki Takahashi | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi | Editor |