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Cast · Directed by Kon Ichikawa
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Masayuki Mori
Nobuchi
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Michiyo Aratama
Shizu, Nobuchi's wife
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Tatsuya Mihashi
Kaji
SY

Shōji Yasui
Hioki Jiro
TK

Tanie Kitabayashi
Hioki's mother
AT

Akiko Tamura
Shizu's mother
MT
Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru
Hioki's father
TS

Tsutomu Shimomoto
Hioki's elder brother
MS

Masami Shimojō
Employment agent
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Tomoko Naraoka
Kume, the maid
AH
Akira Hisamatsu
Travelling monk
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Zenji Yamada
Nobuchi's uncle
More from Masayuki Mori · Lead actor

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1952 · 6.6

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1955 · 6.7

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1960 · 8.0

Her Brother
1960 · 7.1

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More from Michiyo Aratama · Co-star actress

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1976 · 9.0

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1972 · 7.3

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · 8.2

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · 8.4

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · 8.2

The End of Summer
1961 · 7.5

The Sword of Doom
1966 · 7.8

Japan's Longest Day
1967 · 7.3
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More from Kon Ichikawa · Director

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1972 · 8.0

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2002

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1976 · 6.8

Fires on the Plain
1959 · 7.6

Odd Obsession
1959 · 6.1

Tokyo Olympiad
1965 · 7.7

An Actor's Revenge
1963 · 6.6
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