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, lit. "Madame Company President", is a 1953 black-and-white Japanese film
directed by Yuzo Kawashima
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It is musical film
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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 Yuzo Kawashima
Yuzo Kawashima
was a notable Japanese filmmaker, most famous for making tragi-comic films and satires.-Career:Kawashima was born in Mutsu, Aomori in the Shimokita Peninsula. From his youth, he suffered from a paralysis that affected his right leg and arm. He was educated at Meiji University, where he was a member...
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It is musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
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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 Madoka Ohara - Ichirō ArishimaIchiro Arishimawas a Japanese comedian and actor. Nicknamed "The Japanese Chaplin," he is best known outside Japan for his appearance as Tako, the promoter of King Kong in King Kong vs. Godzilla ....
as Tetsutaro Kaitani - Takiko Egawa as musical actress
- Kodayu Ichikawa as Juzaburo Ohara
- Kokinji Katsura as Sanpachi Sakurakawa
- Shoichi Kofujita as Mr. O
- Yōko Kosono as Kikuko Morikawa
- Tatsuo Nagai as Mito
- Shinyo Nara as a tutor Sugiura
- Shirō Osaka as Keigo Namiki
- 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 Goro Akiyama - Takeshi Sakamoto as Ippachi Sakurakawa
- Mutsuko SakuraMutsuko Sakurawas a Japanese actress.Her hobby was golf. She started work at Shochiku in 1950, and played supporting roles in some of Yasujirō Ozu's films. She was a constant in Japanese film and TV drama for half a 20th century.- Filmography :* Chichi Koishi...
as Osugi Morikawa - Ichirō Shimizu as Senzo Akakura
- Akira Takaya as Gamaroku
- Norikazu Takeda as Matsuzo Morikawa
- Jun Tatara as Yasuda
- Yumeji Tsukioka as Yumiko Kaitani