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Thus Another Day

5.719591h 13mMovieDrama

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man...

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
WriterKeisuke Kinoshita
ProducerTatsuyo Hosoya

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Cast · Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita

TTTeiji Takahashi
Teiji Takahashi
Shôichi Satô
YKYoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga
Yasuko Satô
NKNakamura Kanzaburo
Nakamura Kanzaburo
Kazuo Satô (as Kankurô Nakamura)
TTTakahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
Tetsuo Mori
KKKazuya Kosaka
Kazuya Kosaka
Gorô Mori
KMKōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui
Man A
SSShūji Sano
Shūji Sano
Managing director
RMRentaro Mikuni
Rentaro Mikuni
Kenzô Akada
HS
Hiroko Sugita
Mimi
RH
Reiko Hitomi
The other woman
MF
Mie Fuji
Noriko
TKToshiko Kobayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi
Haruko Mori

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