Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
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Mr. Tsurujiro is a Japanese folk singer assisted by Ms. Tsuruhachi on the shamisen. The pair is popular, but he often nitpicks her music and so they split. She marries a benefactor, but after a joint show, feels music is above marriage.
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Cast
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Kazuo Hasegawa
Tsurujiro
Known for
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Gate of Hell
Isuzu Yamada
Tsuruhachi
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Mikio Naruse
Also in
Mikio Naruse 100th Birth Anniversary
Nobuyoshi Morita
Kamatari Fujiwara
Sahei
Known for
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Kôichi Iwashita
Masao Mishima
Takeno
Known for
Harakiri
Late Spring
Kazuo Kubo
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Matsuzaki
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Floating Clouds
Nobuo Iida
Yûji Dôgen
Mikio Naruse Director · Matsutarō Kawaguchi Story Nobuo Iida Composer
United States release October 1, 1984 · Produced in Japan · Production Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Production
Toho Eiga
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Toho Film (Eiga) Co. Ltd.
Production
Japan
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Original title
鶴八鶴次郎
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 29, 1938
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1984
Art Institute of Chicago
Portugal
April 30, 2009 · Theatrical
Russia
April 29, 2001 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Mikio Naruse (Moscow)
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