This Happy Life
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A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.
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Cast
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Kingorō Yanagiya
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Hisako Yamane
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Meiko Nakamura
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Entatsu Yokoyama
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Kikuko Hanaoka
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Atsushi Watanabe
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Tamae Kiyokawa
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Takashi Kodaka
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Yōnosuke Toba
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Rikie Sanjō
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Sōji Kiyokawa
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Fudeko Tanaka
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Mikio Naruse Director · Toshio Yasumi Screenplay Seiichi Suzuki Composer
First release January 27, 1944 · Produced in Japan · Original title 愉しき哉人生
Production
TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
愉しき哉人生
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · January 27, 1944
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No release date listed for United States.
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