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A Design for Dying

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Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps…

DirectorKōzaburō Yoshimura
WriterKaneto Shindō
ProducerMasaichi Nagata

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Cast · Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura

MKMachiko Kyō
Machiko Kyō
Shikiko Oba
JKJunko Kano
Junko Kano
Katsumi Tsubota
TNTamao Nakamura
Tamao Nakamura
Tomie Oki
AWAyako Wakao
Ayako Wakao
Rinko Tsugawa
JTJirō Tamiya
Jirō Tamiya
Ginshiro Yashiro
MMMasayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori
Professor Shiraishi
TNTaketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō
Keita Nomoto
EFEiji Funakoshi
Eiji Funakoshi
Hideo Sone
KM
Kazuko Miyakawa
Yoko Shirakawa
HIHiromi Ichida
Hiromi Ichida
Model B
MT
Mitsuko Tanaka
Waitress
NHNoriko Hodaka
Noriko Hodaka
Nurse

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