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Kah-chan

8.020011h 36mMovieHistoryDrama

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one…

DirectorKon Ichikawa
WritersYo Takeyama·Natto Wada

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Cast · Directed by Kon Ichikawa

KKKeiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Okatsu
RHRyuji Harada
Ryuji Harada
Yukichi
TUTsuyoshi Ujiki
Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Ichita
KKKanae Katsuno
Kanae Katsuno
Osan
YYYuta Yamazaki
Yuta Yamazaki
Sannosuke
MI
Masaki Iizumi
Jiro
SISaburo Ishikura
Saburo Ishikura
Kumagoro
IBIsao Bitō
Isao Bitō
Gen-san
BNBaijaku Nakamura
Baijaku Nakamura
Man in Coat
RURyudo Uzaki
Ryudo Uzaki
Constable
RS
Ryusho Shunputei
Old Man
TNTakashi Nishina
Takashi Nishina
Constable

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