The Rice People
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The Rice People is a 1957 Japanese drama film
directed by Tadashi Imai.
1957 Cannes Film Festival
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 Tadashi Imai.
Cast
- Shinjiro Ebara - Tsuguo Tamura
- Eijirô TonoEijirô Tonowas 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 ....
- Sakuzo - Yûko Mochizuki - Yone Yasuda
- Masako Nakamura - Chiyo Yasuda
- Izumi Hara - Ume Tamura
- Yoshi KatoYoshi KatoYoshi Kato was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 92 films between 1950 and 1988.-Selected filmography:* The Rice People * Zero Focus * Immortal Love...
- Takezo Yasuda - Isao KimuraIsao Kimura, also known as Ko Kimura, was a Japanese actor. He appeared in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa. The first was Stray Dog as Yusa the criminal...
- Senkichi - Hitomi Nakahara - Yoshino Tamura
- Toshiko Okada
- Isao YamagataIsao YamagataIsao Yamagata was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 64 films between 1951 and 1984.-Selected filmography:, lit...
- Matsunosuke Ota
Awards and nominations
8th Blue Ribbon AwardsBlue 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...
- Won: Best Film
- Won: Best Director - Tadashi Imai
- Won: Best Actress - Yuuko MochizukiYuuko Mochizukiwas a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 8th Blue Ribbon Awards for The Rice People and Unagitori.-Filmography:*Carmen Comes Home *Gendai-jin *Late Chrysanthemums *The Rice People...
1957 Cannes Film Festival
1957 Cannes Film Festival
-Jury:*André Maurois *Jean Cocteau *Maurice Genevoix *Georges Huisman *Maurice Lehmann *Marcel Pagnol *Michael Powell *Jules Romains...
- Nominated: Palme d'OrPalme d'OrThe Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...