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A Legend or Was It?

7.019631h 23mMovieDramaThrillerWar

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
WriterKeisuke Kinoshita
ProducersKeisuke Kinoshita·Masao Shirai

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Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

SIShima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
Kieko Sonobe
MKMariko Kaga
Mariko Kaga
Yuri Shimizu
GKGō Katō
Gō Katō
Hideyuki Sonobe
KTKinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Shizuko Sonobe
YKYoshi Katō
Yoshi Katō
Shintaro Shimizu
BSBunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Goichi Takamori
TMTsutomu Matsukawa
Tsutomu Matsukawa
KM
Kikue Mōri
Umeno Sonobe
TITatsuya Ishiguro
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Kinbei Kanamori
JHJun Hamamura
Jun Hamamura
THTokue Hanazawa
Tokue Hanazawa
KO
Kawai Okada

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