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Every-Night Dreams

7.219331h 5mMovieDrama

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.

DirectorMikio Naruse
WritersMikio Naruse·Tadao Ikeda

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Cast · Directed by Mikio Naruse

SKSumiko Kurishima
Sumiko Kurishima
Omitsu
TSTatsuo Saitō
Tatsuo Saitō
Mizuhara, Omitsu's husband
TK
Teruko Kojima
Fumi, Omitsu's son
JAJun Arai
Jun Arai
Neighbor
MYMitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Neighbor's wife
TSTakeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
KOKenji Oyama
Kenji Oyama
SOShigeru Ogura
Shigeru Ogura
CIChōko Iida
Chōko Iida
Landlady
RSRanko Sawa
Ranko Sawa
TK
Tsuruko Kumoi
Waitress #1
TWTeruko Wakamizu
Teruko Wakamizu
Waitress #2

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