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Shotaro Akagi | ||
Shin'ichi Himori | ... | Fukuinchi Misawa | |
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Ayuko Hirano | ... | Hiking girl |
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Toru Hirose | ... | Hiking student |
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Zentaro Iijima | ... | Kamekichi |
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Akio Isono | ... | Hiking student |
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Hideko Kasuga | ... | Okiku |
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Toshiaki Konoe | ... | Hiking student |
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Chieko Kyotani | ... | Oaki (as Chieko Kyoya) |
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Fusako Maki | ... | Hiking girl |
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Mitsuko Miura | ... | Hiking girl |
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Hiroshi Mizuhara | ... | Hiking student |
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Masako Nakaido | ... | Hiking girl |
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Ren Niki | ... | Head clerk |
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Tsuneo Ohsugi | ... | Kitaro (as Tsuneo Osugi) |
Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. The film follows Toku and his interactions with his blind colleagues and various guests from the inns. Toku is attracted to a mysterious single woman, whom he can tell is from Tokyo by her scent. She is intrigued by him, but also makes friends with another visitor from Tokyo who is traveling with his young nephew. The bored nephew, looking for amusement, meets with the woman from Tokyo, as well as with Toku. A rash of thefts at the inns soon after they arrive causes Toku suspect one of these guests. Written by Will Gilbert
Two blind masseurs, like birds, go to the north on Spring and to the South on Fall. They arrive in a small village on the mountains, where they meet a woman from Tokyo (Edokko) and one of them fall in love with the lady. The masseur is blind, but he understand that she has a mysterious past and he can't understand why she is there. At the Inn there is also a man from Tokyo with a boy about 7 years old, that spend fishing most of the day. After a couple of days the two Edokko feel comfortable to spend together most of the day. This is one of the best Shimuzu Hiroshi's movie and the characters are sweeter here than Ozu and Yamanka's movies. The initial and final sequences are very suggestive: you feel like you are in the movie! greatest experience.