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The Honest Fool

8.019641h 27mMovieComedyDramaHistory

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is married, but he goes on a mission to please her, and is blinded. Then her husband dies and she remarries before Yasugoro can confess his love.

DirectorYoji Yamada
WritersTai Katō·Yoji Yamada
ProducerShigeru Wakita

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Cast · Directed by Yoji Yamada

HHHajime Hana
Hajime Hana
MKMiyuki Kuwano
Miyuki Kuwano
MSMayumi Shimizu
Mayumi Shimizu
KM
Keiko Mizushina
KFKanbi Fujiyama
Kanbi Fujiyama
EOEitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
HIHiroshi Inuzuka
Hiroshi Inuzuka
INIsamu Nagato
Isamu Nagato
KMKōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui
KAKiyoshi Atsumi
Kiyoshi Atsumi
THTokue Hanazawa
Tokue Hanazawa
TTToyo Takahashi
Toyo Takahashi

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