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Aisai monogatari

  • 19511951
  • 1h 37m
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6.9/10
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Nobuko Otowa and Jûkichi Uno in Aisai monogatari (1951)
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Shindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. Numazaki... Read allShindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. Numazaki, a mediocre screenwriter, faces imminent dismissal. His wife Takako encourages him to see... Read allShindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. Numazaki, a mediocre screenwriter, faces imminent dismissal. His wife Takako encourages him to seek work in Kyoto. Numazaki fails his aptitude test, which is to write a script for the famo... Read all
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    • Kaneto Shindô
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Stars
    • Nobuko Otowa
    • Jûkichi Uno
    • Ichirô Sugai
    • Kaneto Shindô
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Stars
    • Nobuko Otowa
    • Jûkichi Uno
    • Ichirô Sugai
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    Nobuko Otowa
    Nobuko Otowa
    • Takako Ishikawa
    Jûkichi Uno
    • Keita Numazaki
    Ichirô Sugai
    Ichirô Sugai
    • Director of the film studio
    Denjirô Ôkôchi
    Denjirô Ôkôchi
    Osamu Takizawa
    Osamu Takizawa
    • Film Director Sakaguchi
    Ryôsuke Kagawa
    Ryôsuke Kagawa
    • Kôzô Ishikawa, Takako's father
    Yuriko Hanabusa
    Yuriko Hanabusa
    • Yumie Ishikawa
    Masao Shimizu
    Masao Shimizu
    • Masuda
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Seishirô Hara
    Teruko Ômi
    • Wife Of Director
    Kazue Tamaki
    Osamu Haneda
    Takashi Hata
    Shuntarô Tamamura
    Kanae Kobayashi
    Fumiko Mihoshi
    Saburô Date
    Saburô Date
    • Sakunosuke Ota
    • (uncredited)
      • Kaneto Shindô
      • Kaneto Shindô
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      According to the director the film was 70% factual and 30% fictional about his recently deceased wife.

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      • September 7, 1951 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
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      • Daiei Studios
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    • 1 hour 37 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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