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The Age of Beginnings

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A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name.…

DirectorKiyoshi Saeki
WriterRyûji Nagami
ProducerMasanobu Takeyama

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Cast · Directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

SFSusumu Fujita
Susumu Fujita
Goro Asahina
SHSetsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
Miyako Tomoda
DODen Obinata
Den Obinata
Editor (as Den Obinata)
UEUreo Egawa
Ureo Egawa
Brother-In-law Kohei
SKSōji Kiyokawa
Sōji Kiyokawa
Second Editor
AIAtsuko Ichinomiya
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Older Sister Kimiko
SD
Satoko Date
Tsutako
YIYūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō
Writer Matsuura
ZK
Zenichiro Kito
Yanosuke Maejima
KY
Ko Yamamuro
Writer Nemoto (as Ko Yamamuro)
MYMitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Older Sister Machiko

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The Age of Beginnings hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around September 2, 1947. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.