The Gentle Japanese (1971)
A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.
Director:
Yōichi Higashi
Writers:
Yōichi Higashi, Katsuhiro Maeda.
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Chōichirō Kawarasaki as Shaka |
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Mako Midori as |
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Jūzō Itami as |
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Soichi Ito as Noguchi |
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Renji Ishibashi as Konishi |
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Keizo Kanie as Shige |
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Masaki Terada as Sakai |
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Rie Yokoyama as Maki |
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Misako Watanabe as Woman of the story |
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Shirō Ōtsuji as |
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Hiroshi Hasegawa as |
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Teruo Matsuyama as |
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Takashi Sue as Man on the toilet |
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Torauemon Utazawa as Pharmacist |
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Hiroko Sakurai as |
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Chieko Higashiyama as |
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Satoshi Akihama as |
| Directing | Yōichi Higashi | Director |
| Writing | Yōichi Higashi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Katsuhiro Maeda | Screenplay |
| Camera | Denichi Ikeda | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yukio Kubota | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Suzuki Naohide | Lighting Technician |
| Editing | Yōichi Higashi | Editor |
| Editing | Takako Sekizawa | Editor |
| Directing | Katsuhiro Maeda | Assistant Director |
| Production | Ryutaro Takagi | Executive Producer |
| Art | Itsuro Hirata | Art Direction |
| Art | Muneo Naganuma | Art Direction |