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MUNEKATA SHIMAI (1950)

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Film details

Featuring

Kinuyo Tanaka Hideko Takamine Ken Uehara
Country

Japan
Year

1950
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

MUNEKATA KYÔDAI Alternative
The MUNEKATA SISTERS Alternative

Synopsis

Setsuko has a troubled marriage with her alcoholic husband and remains emotionally attached to her first true love, Hiroshi. Her sister tries to help the couple get together but when her husband unexpectedly dies of a heart attack Setsuko makes an unexpected life choice.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Setsuko
    
    Kinuyo Tanaka
  - Mariko
    
    Hideko Takamine
  - Hiroshi Tashiro
    
    Ken Uehara
  - Yoriko Mashita
    
    Sanae Takasugi
  - Tadachika Munekata
    
    Chishu Ryu
  - Ryosuke Mimura
    
    Sô Yamamura
  - Professor Uchida
    
    Tatsuo Saitô
  - cast member
    
    Yuji Hori
  - cast member
    
    Kamatari Fujiwara
  - cast member
    
    Yoshiko Tsubouchi
  - cast member
    
    Atsuko Ichinomiya
  - cast member
    
    Noriko Sengoku
  - cast member
    
    Reikichi Kawamura
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Yasujiro Ozu
  - Production Company
    
    Toho Co. Ltd.
  - Production Company
    
    Shintoho Eiga
  - Producer
    
    Hideo Koi
  - Producer
    
    Hiroshi Higo
  - Assistant Director
    
    Seiichiro Uchikawa
  - Screenplay
    
    Kogo Noda
  - Screenplay
    
    Yasujiro Ozu
  - Based on the serial novel by
    
    Jiro Osaragi
  - Director of Photography
    
    Joji Ohara
  - Lighting
    
    Ko Fujibayashi
  - Editor
    
    Toshio Goto
  - Art Director
    
    Tomoo Shimogawara
  - Music
    
    Ichirô Saitô
  - Sound Recording
    
    Masakazu Kamiya
  - Studio
    
    Shintoho

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