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Takeshi: Childhood Days

7.519901h 59mMovieDrama

A city boy, Shinji, is sent to live in the countryside to escape the Tokyo bombings, where he experiences the complexities of rural school life, including a power struggle with the local class leader, Takeshi.

DirectorMasahiro Shinoda
WriterTaichi Yamada
ProducerMasao Nagai

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Cast · Directed by Masahiro Shinoda

TF
Tetsuya Fujita
Shinji Kazama
YH
Yuji Horioka
Takeshi Ohara
KMKazuyo Mita
Kazuyo Mita
Kazama Shige (Aunt of Shinji)
KY
Katsuhisa Yamazaki
Futoshi Tanabe
NK
Noritake Kobinata
Kensuke Sudo
AK
Atsuko Koyama
Minako Saiki
SIShima Iwashita
Shima Iwashita
Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
THToshiyuki Hosokawa
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Shusaku Kazama (Shinji's father)
MSMitsue Suzuki
Mitsue Suzuki
Kazama Masa (Shinji's grandmother)
CKChōichirō Kawarasaki
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Tatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji)
SDSaburo Date
Saburo Date
Takeno Grandfather
NMNobutaka Masutomi
Nobutaka Masutomi
Father of Noh

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