Hymn to a Tired Man
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Hymn to a Tired Man is a 1968
Japanese
drama film
directed by Masaki Kobayashi. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival
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1968 in film
The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :- Awards :...
Japanese
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...
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 Masaki Kobayashi. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival
1969 Cannes Film Festival
The 22nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 8 - 23, 1969. At this festival a new non-competitive section called "Directors' Fortnight" is added, in response to the cancellation of the 1968 festival.-Jury:*Luchino Visconti...
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Cast
- Michiyo AratamaMichiyo Aratamawas a Japanese actress who appeared in leading and supporting roles in such films as Hiroshi Inagaki's Chushingura, Kihachi Okamoto's Samurai Assassin and Sword of Doom, and Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan, Hymn to a Tired Man and The Human Condition trilogy.- Filmography :* Suzaki paradise: Akashingō ...
- Yosiko - Makoto FujitaMakoto Fujita, born Makoto Harada , was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the son of silent-film actor Rintarō Fujima, and started his career as a comedian in 1952.-Acting Roles:...
- Toshio Kurosawa - Zensaku's son
- Tomoko NaraokaTomoko Naraokais a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongō , in what was then the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design....
- Zensaku's wife - Wakako Sakai
- Kei Sato - Suzuki