Forever Be Mine (1954)
Set at the end of World War II and after Japan's defeat, it is a melodrama about a man and a woman at the mercy of war. Wataru is entrusted by his best friend who has gone off to war with his sister Reiko to marry her, but he is not ready to abandon his love for Kumiko, a nurse at his mother's hospital.
Director: Seiji Maruyama
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Ryō Ikebe as |
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Takashi Shimura as |
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Setsuko Wakayama as |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as |
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Yōko Tsukasa as |
| Writing | Shinichirô Nakamura | Story |
| Writing | Dai Nishijima | Writer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Writing | Seiji Maruyama | Writer |
| Art | Yasuhide Kato | Production Design |
| Directing | Seiji Maruyama | Director |
| Sound | Fumio Hayasaka | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Masao Fujiyoshi | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Ichirō Inohara | Gaffer |
| Camera | Masao Tamai | Director of Photography |