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is a 1951 color Japanese film comedy directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
. Filmed using Fujicolor, it was Japan's first color film.
Keisuke Kinoshita
was a Japanese film director.Although lesser known internationally than his fellow filmmakers such as Akira Kurosawa , Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu , Keisuke Kinoshita was nonetheless a household figure at home beloved by audience and critics alike, especially in the forties through the sixties...
. Filmed using Fujicolor, it was Japan's first color film.
Cast
- Hideko TakamineHideko Takaminewas a Japanese actress who began as a child actor and maintained her fame in a career that spanned nine decades.-Life and career:Born in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, Takamine's first role was in the Shochiku studio's 1929 film Mother , which brought her tremendous popularity as a child actor. Soon...
as Lily Carmen, Aoyama Kin - Shūji Sano as the blind man Haruo Taguchi
- Chishu RyuChishu Ryuwas a famous Japanese film actor, a favourite of the director Yasujiro Ozu. From 1928 to 1992 he appeared in at least 155 films, including Ozu's Tokyo Story and Yoshitaro Nomura's Castle of Sand...
as schoolmaster - Kuniko Ikawa as Mitsuko, Haruo's wife
- Takeshi Sakamoto as Shoichi, Kin's father
- Bontarō Miyake as Maruju
- Keiji SadaKeiji Sadawas a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for Anata kaimasu and Taifū sōdōki. He was the father of the actor Kiichi Nakai.-Filmography:* Kane no naru oka: Dai san hen, kuro no maki...
as Mr. Ogawa, the school teacher - Toshiko Kobayashi as Akemi Maya
- Koji Mitsui as Maruju's man
- Yūko Mochizuki (aka Mieko Mochizuki) as Aoyama Yuki, Kin's sister
- Yoshito Yamaji as village youth
- Akio Isono as Aoyama Ichiro
- Sumie Kuwabara
- Kuninori Takado
- Eiko Takamatsu
- Shoichi Kotoda
- Shusuke Agata
- Kiyoshi Koike as Aoyama Naokichi
- Isao Shirosawa as Taguchi Kiyoshi
- Yoichi Osugi
- Susumu Takase
- Jun Tanizaki
- Akira Noto
- Jun Yokoyama
- Shunsuke Kaneko
- Tami Yamamoto
- Haruko Chichibu
- Sakae Ozawa as Maruno Juzo (uncredited)