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9 November 1962 (USA)
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Another big Naruse family
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(in credits order) | Hideko Takamine | ... | Yoshiko, Ishikawa-ke no yome |
 | Yôko Tsukasa | ... | Ishikawa Natsuko |
| Yuriko Hoshi | ... | Ishikawa Yukiko |
| Reiko Dan | ... | Kanamori Shizuko |
| Keiko Awaji | ... | Hashimoto Michiko |
| Mitsuko Kusabue | ... | Ishikawa Umeko |
| Haruko Sugimura | ... | Aki, Ishikawa-ke no gosai |
| Akemi Kita | ... | Yasuko, Matsuyo no musume |
| Yatsuko Tan'ami | ... | Ranko, Jiro no tsuma |
| Aiko Mimasu | ... | Tamura Matsuyo |
| Akira Takarada | ... | Rokkakuya Kou, Aki no senpu no ko |
| Tatsuya Mihashi | ... | Hashimoto Masaaki, Michiko no otto |
| Keiju Kobayashi | ... | Ishikawa Jiro, jinan |
| Yôsuke Natsuki | ... | Aoyama Yutaka |
| Daisuke Katô | ... | Tamura Ryokichi, Matsuyo no otto |
 | Chishû Ryû | ... | Ishikawa Kinjiro |
| Ryôsuke Kagawa | ||
| Kenzaburô Ôsawa | ... | Ken, Yasuko no musuko |
| Kunio Ôtsuka | ||
| Senkichi Ômura | ... | Kyaku |
| Akira Tani | ||
| Kumeko Otowa | ... | Komiya no tsuma |
| Atsuko Ichinomiya | ||
| Yû Sekida | ... | Komiya |
| Yasuhiko Saijô | ||
| Toshio Miura | ||
| Masayoshi Kawabe | ||
| Mitsuru Ushioda | ... | Sasaki Tatsuo |
| Mitsuru Usioda | ... | Sasaki Tatsuo |
| Teruko Mita | ... | Geshukunin A |
| Toki Shiozawa | ... | Geshukunin B |
| Noriko Sakabe | ... | Taeko, Jiro no musume |
| Naoko Sakabe | ... | Chieko, Jiro no musume |
| Rumi Konishi | ... | Suzuki Yoshie |
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| Mikio Naruse | |||
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| Toshirô Ide | ||
| Zenzo Matsuyama | ||
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| Sanezumi Fujimoto | .... | producer | |
| Hidehisa Suga | .... | co-producer | |
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| Ichirô Saitô | |||
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| Jun Yasumoto | (as Atsushi Yasumoto) | ||
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| Eiji Ooi | (as Hideshi Ohi) | ||
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| Satoru Chûko | |||
Production Management | |||
| Sadayuki Inoue | .... | executive production manager | |
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| Masazumi Kawanishi | .... | chief assistant director | |
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| Shoichi Fujinawa | .... | sound recordist | |
| Hisashi Shimonaga | .... | sound effects editor | |
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| Chôshirô Ishii | .... | lighting technician | |
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- Toho Company
- Toho Company (USA) (subtitled)
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Another sprawling extended family story. Toho must have loved these in the early 60s -- as they brought in Ozu to do one to (End of Summer). Perhaps they liked showing off their large roster of excellent stars? In part, rather like a first draft of "Yearning". Hideko Takamine is the widow of the oldest son of an extended family -- and runs the family's grocery. The upcoming threat of super-marketization is mentioned in passing -- but not followed through here. Much of the machinations here involve a marriage proposal for one of the younger daughters. The cast is marvelous -- with Chishu Ryu and Haruko Sugimura as the senior generation -- and with Yoko Tsulasa, Reiko Dan, Keiko Awaji, Keiju Kobayashi, Daisuke Kato and Tatsuya Mihashi as just _some_ of the children and in-laws and family connections. The plot starts as wry and sarcastic, but veers into seeming unnecessary high melodrama and pathos right before the end. Even here, a strange sarcastic tone creeps in -- as some of the crew behaves very casually at what ought to be a wrenching funeral.
Not on the same level as the extended family dramas that _are_ included in the current traveling Naruse retrospective -- but entertaining for fans of the many stars.