Mother of the Red Hands (1941)
The title might sound shocking, but the red hands mean, the hands which drag fishnets. Ohama, 15 or 16 years old girl lost her family and lived alone in a fishermen's village. She is a strong-minded girl and very popular among young children. I guess that this story is one of the origins of girl's manga in the 1950s in which I belonged to the first generation of Japanese story manga.
Director: Motoyoshi Oda
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Kimiko Sakuramachi as |
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Heihachirō Ōkawa as |
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Ichirō Tsukida as |
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Aiko Satomi as |
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Yo Shiomi as |
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Masako Tsutsumi as |
| Production | Teppei Himuro | Producer |
| Crew | Tatsuo Tomonari | Cinematography |
| Writing | Kenta Yamazaki | Writer |
| Writing | Toshihiko Takeda | Story |
| Sound | Noboru Itō | Music |
| Writing | Bin Kisaragi | Writer |
| Crew | Kuichiro Kishida | Lighting Camera |
| Sound | Shinichi Fujii | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Teruaki Abe | Art Direction |
| Directing | Motoyoshi Oda | Director |