The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.
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Cast
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Kinzō Shin
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Kinuyo Tanaka
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Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
Kaneto Shindō
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Eijirō Tōno
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Seven Samurai
Tokyo Story
Tomoko Naraoka
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Ponyo
Ichirō Saitō
Osamu Takizawa
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Kano Ôtsuka
Isuzu Yamada
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Throne of Blood
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Minoru Maeda
Masao Shimizu
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Sanjuro
Mitsuharu Hirata
Jūkichi Uno Director · Kaneto Shindō Screenplay Akatsuki Kanbayashi Story
First release September 7, 1956 · Produced in Japan · Original title あやに愛しき
Production
Mingei Theatre Company
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Japan
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Original title
あやに愛しき
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 7, 1956
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No release date listed for United States.
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