Futari no hitomi
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aka Girls Hand in Hand (USA title) is a 1952 black-and-white Japanese film
directed by Shigeo Nakaki.
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
directed by Shigeo Nakaki.
Plot
A girl (Margaret O'Brien) visits her dad in Japan, and she makes friends with an orphan from the war. She then tries to raise money to make an orphanage.Cast
- Hibari MisoraHibari Misorawas an award-winning Japanese enka singer and actress. and was the first woman in Japan to receive the People's Honour Award, which was awarded posthumously for her notable contributions to the music industry. Misora recorded 1,200 songs, and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand...
as Maria Abe - Hikaru Hoshi
- Mitsuko Miura
- Tetsu Nakamura
- John Norton
- Margaret O'BrienMargaret O'BrienMargaret O'Brien is an American film and stage actress. Although her film career as a leading character was brief, she was one of the most popular child actors in cinema history...
- Shiko Saito
- Nobuko Shingu
- Kyoji Sugi
- Yuko Tashiro
- Eiran Yoshikawa
External links
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416757/
- documentary and samples from the movie Futari no hitomi (public domain)