The Ueki family may not be wealthy, but smiles are never in short supply. The father is awarded prize money for 25 years of service to his workplace, but has it stolen on the way home from the ceremony...
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Cast
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Chishū Ryū
Kosaku Uemura
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Isuzu Yamada
Namiko, Kosaku's wife
Known for
Throne of Blood
Yojimbo
Hideko Takamine
Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
Known for
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Floating Clouds
Keiji Sada
Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
Known for
Good Morning
An Autumn Afternoon
Mutsuko Sakura
Kaoko Fukuda, Namiko's sister
Known for
Tokyo Story
Maborosi
Kokuten Kōdō
Known for
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
Kaoru Kusuda
Known for
Lady Snowblood
Sugisaku Aoyama
Known for
Ugetsu
Sanshiro Sugata
Junji Masuda
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
Scandal
Reiko Minakami
Known for
A Hen in the Wind
Keiko Kishi
Known for
The Makioka Sisters
Early Spring
Noboru Nakamura Director · Sumie Tanaka Screenplay Takao Yanai Screenplay
First release March 21, 1951 · Produced in Japan · Original title 我が家は樂し
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
我が家は樂し
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 21, 1951
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No release date listed for United States.
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