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is a 1962 Japanese drama film
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 Kirio Urayama. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival
1962 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*Tetsuro Furukaki *Henry Deutschmeister *Sophie Desmarets *Jean Dutourd *Mel Ferrer *Romain Gary *Jerzy Kawalerowicz *Ernst Krüger...

 and won the Blue Ribbon Awards
Blue Ribbon Awards
The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan.The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers...

 in 1962.

Cast

  • Sayuri Yoshinaga - Jun
  • Mitsuo Hamada - Tsukamoto, Katsumi
  • Eijirō Tōno
    Eijirô Tono
    was a Japanese actor who took supporting roles in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Yojimbo , as well as Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story and An Autumn Afternoon ....

     - Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
  • Shoichi Ozawa
  • Tokuko Sugiyama - Tomi (Jun's mother)
  • Takeshi Katō
    Takeshi Kato
    was a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kato competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in floor exercise....

  • Tanie Kitabayashi
    Tanie Kitabayashi
    was a Japanese actress.Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards...

  • Kin Sugai
  • Yoshio Ichikawa
  • Taiji Tonoyama

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