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Tsuyako

  • 20112011
  • 23m
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8.1/10
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Tsuyako (2011)
  • Short
  • Biography
  • Drama
In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.
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8.1/10
85
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  • Director
    • Hikari
  • Writers
    • Christina Hammonds-Reed
    • Hikari
  • Stars
    • Sachiko Katsumata
    • Miho Fujima
    • Sonoe Mizoguchi
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    • Hikari
  • Writers
    • Christina Hammonds-Reed
    • Hikari
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    • Sachiko Katsumata
    • Miho Fujima
    • Sonoe Mizoguchi
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    • Awards
      • 36 wins & 3 nominations

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    Sachiko Katsumata in Tsuyako (2011)
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    Sachiko Katsumata
    • Tsuyakoas Tsuyako
    Miho Fujima
    • Yoshieas Yoshie
    Sonoe Mizoguchi
    • Funeas Fune
    Shinji Ozeki
    • Kinyaas Kinya
    Chieko Ichikawa
    • Older Yoshieas Older Yoshie
    Yuki Kimura
    Yuki Kimura
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    Sora Urata
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    Nanmi Ishida
    • Sumikoas Sumiko
    Itoka Tsuji
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    Lin Matsukawa
    • Mother at Train Stationas Mother at Train Station
    Minoru Hirata
    • Father at Train Stationas Father at Train Station
    Yuki Hamada
    • Conductoras Conductor
    Kurando Matsumura
    • Factory Workeras Factory Worker
    Chizuko Hazama
    • Factory Workeras Factory Worker
    Yuji Ueno
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    Mariko Kobayashi
    • Factory Workeras Factory Worker
    Katsumi Kase
    • Factory Workeras Factory Worker
    Kosuke Hinokishita
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      • Hikari
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      • Christina Hammonds-Reed
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    • Release date
      • March 2011 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
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