Tojuro no Koi (1955 film)
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is a 1955 black and white Japanese film
directed by Kazuo Mori
. It is based on the novel Tōjūrō no Koi (藤十郎の恋) written by Kan Kikuchi
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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 Kazuo Mori
Kazuo Mori
was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1930s to 1970s.- Filmography :Kazuo Mori directed 131 films:* * Fighting Fire Fighter...
. It is based on the novel Tōjūrō no Koi (藤十郎の恋) written by Kan Kikuchi
Kan Kikuchi
, known by his pen name Kan Kikuchi , was a Japanese author born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. He established the publishing company Bungeishunjū, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writer's Association and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature...
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Cast
- Kazuo HasegawaKazuo Hasegawawas a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 290 films between 1927 and 1963.-Filmography:Filmography of Kazuo Hasegawa include :* also known as Crossroads, Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo...
as Tojuro Sakata - Machiko KyōMachiko Kyois a Japanese actress whose film work occurred primarily during the 1950s. She rose to extraordinary domestic praise in Japan for her work in two of the greatest Japanese films of the 20th century, Akira Kurosawa's Rashōmon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu.Machiko trained to be a dancer before...
as Okaji - Eitarō ShindōEitaro Shindowas a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 93 films between 1936 and 1966.-Selected filmography:* Miss Oyu * The Crucified Lovers * Sansho the Bailiff...
as Mandayu Miyako - Eitarō Ozawa as Monzaemon Chikamatsu
- Daisuke KatōDaisuke Katôwas a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai , Rashomon, Yojimbo , and Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.-Filmography:* Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji...
as Kichisuke - Toranosuke Ogawa as Yoshizaemon Kaneko
- Tokiko Mita as Osono
- Shunji Natsume as Manjiro
- Eijirō Yanagi as Kiyobei
- and others