White Fish (1953)
A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.
Director:
Hisatora Kumagai
Writers:
Hisatora Kumagai, Dai Nishijima.
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Setsuko Hara as Sachiko |
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Ken Uehara as Koyama |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as Sumida |
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Mariko Okada as Kuniko |
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Yūnosuke Itō as Komiya |
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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Iwatani |
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Ken Mitsuda as Toyama |
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Eiko Miyoshi as Nan |
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Yoshiko Hirose as |
| Writing | Hisatora Kumagai | Screenplay |
| Art | Satoshi Chuko | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Masaki Ônuma | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Wataru Konuma | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Yutaka Mafune | Book |
| Art | Satoru Chūko | Production Design |
| Directing | Hisatora Kumagai | Director |
| Production | Hisatora Kumagai | Producer |
| Writing | Dai Nishijima | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yoshio Aida | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |