A Promise (film)
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A Promise is a 1986 Japanese drama film
directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section the 1986 Cannes Film Festival
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
Yoshishige Yoshida
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Career:Graduating from Tokyo University, Yoshida entered the Shōchiku studio in 1955 and debuted as a director in 1960 with Rokudenashi...
. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section the 1986 Cannes Film Festival
1986 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Sydney Pollack*Alexandre Mnouchkine*Alexandre Trauner*Charles Aznavour*Danièle Thompson*István Szabó*Lino Brocka*Philip French*Sonia Braga*Tonino Delli Colli-Feature film competition:* After Hours by Martin Scorsese...
.
Cast
- Rentaro Mikuni - Ryosaku Morimoto
- Sachiko Murase - Tatus, Ryosaku's wife
- Choichiro Kawarazaki - Yoshio, Ryosaku's son
- Orie Satoh - Ritsuko, Yoshio's wife
- Kōichi SatōKoichi Satois a Japanese actor.He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.-Films:*The Last Chushingura *Nobody to watch over me * Shonen Merikensack * The Magic Hour * Smile Seiya no Kiseki...
- Detective Yoshikawa - Tetta Sugimoto - Takao, Yoshio's son
- Reiko Tajima - Saeko Nogawa
- Choei Takahashi - Takeya Nakamura
- Kumiko TakedaKumiko Takeda, born August 12, 1968 in Shizuoka, Japan is a Japanese actress.-Filmography:* Big show! Hawaii ni utaeba * 24 jikan dake no uso - Yukari Sakai* Ghost School: Teacher Mako's Head...
- Naoko, Yoshio's daughter - Tomisaburo WakayamaTomisaburo Wakayama, born Masaru Okumura, was a Japanese actor, best known for playing Ogami Ittō, the scowling, 17th century ronin warrior in the six Lone Wolf and Cub samurai movies.-Biography:...
- Detective Tagami - Masakane Yonekura - Detective Miura