Could I But Live (1964)
After receiving a phone call from a woman whose child has contracted polio, government official Masayoshi Sakata decides to do everything he can to eradicate the disease.
Director: Zenzō Matsuyama
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Keiju Kobayashi as Masayoshi Sakata |
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Hideko Takamine as Noriko Nemoto |
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Yaeko Mizutani as Yumi |
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Kon Omura as Satoru Kumagai |
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Shirō Ōtsuji as Jiro Nemoto |
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Isao Kimura as Professor Hiraoka |
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Kin Sugai as Setsuko Sakata |
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Fumiko Okamura as Mother Nobu |
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Jun Tazaki as Director Tagami |
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Tetsuo Hasegawa as Abe |
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Shigeo Nakahara as Hani |
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Kikue Mōri as Hikotaro's Mother |
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Etsuko Ichihara as Mother |
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Akira Nagoya as Staff Member at Health Ministry |
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Jun Hamamura as Muramatsu |
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Hisaya Morishige as Director of Infant Care Facility |
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Shiko Tanaka as Dr. Kuwahara |
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Ikkō Ōkuni as Dr. Nishina |
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Bonta Tōkyō as Suzuki |
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Keiko Chigusa as Sachiko |
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Minosuke Yamada as Chief of Investigation Dept |
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Hiroya Morita as Tobimatsu |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto as Hikotaro Nemoto |
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Shojiro Ogasawara as Kumamoto Speaker |
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Haruo Tanaka as Tachibana |
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Shosuke Kimoto as Kurokawa |
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Hideyo Amamoto as |
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Chie Utagawa as |
| Directing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Director |
| Writing | Zenzō Matsuyama | Writer |
| Production | Ichirō Satō | Producer |
| Production | Hideyuki Shiino | Producer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Murai | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Chizuru Hirose | Editor |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Music |
| Sound | Toshio Harashima | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Chihiro Imaizumi | Lighting Manager |