In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan, he is obsessed by her memory and tries to recreate the world he knew then.
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Cast
26 people
Michitarō Mizushima
Kenkichi Yamamoto
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Kyōko Kagawa
Lil Takemoto / Katsuko Suzuki
Known for
High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Koji Shima
Seitaro Omori
Yoshihiro Takenaka
Sumiko Fujita
Yuriko Hamada
Kiko Murai
Also in
Vendetta of a Samurai
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Fumi Shiina
Hisaya Morishige
Ichiro Okamura
Known for
Princess Mononoke
The End of Summer
Meifang Hu
Meifang Hu
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Takada
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Floating Clouds
Akira Mimura
Kōji Shima Director · Sumiko Fujita Story Seitaro Omori Composer
First release April 4, 1952 · Produced in Japan · Production Shintoho Company, Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
Production
Sogei Production
Production
Shintoho Company
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Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
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Japan
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Original title
上海帰りのリル
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 4, 1952
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