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The War Without Weapons

19602h 21mMovieDrama

It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amendment of the Peace Preservation Law, and was assassinated by a rightist prior to his opposition speech.

DirectorSatsuo Yamamoto
WritersYoshikata Yoda·Yusaku Yamagata
ProducersTakero Itō·Shotaro Sumi

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Cast · Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto

TSTsutomu Shimomoto
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Senji Yamamoto
MWMisako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe
Chiyo, Senji Yamamoto's wife
ETEijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
Kamematsu Yamamoto, Senji's father
CHChikako Hosokawa
Chikako Hosokawa
Tanen Yamamoto, Senji's mother
INIchirō Nakatani
Ichirō Nakatani
Honda
ITIkuko Tani
Ikuko Tani
Secretary Nobu
SOShoichi Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Kiyoshi, farmer
TKTeruko Kishi
Teruko Kishi
Saki
JUJūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno
Tani
THTorahiko Hamada
Torahiko Hamada
Yanagi
MS
Miwa Saitō
Kume, underground party member
FŌ
Fumio Ōmachi
Okamoto, Chairman of the Japan Agriculture Committee

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