A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her wards. Disease outbreaks and family obligations, however, threaten to torpedo their budding romance.
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Cast
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Shūji Sano
Known for
There Was a Father
A Hen in the Wind
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Known for
Scandal
House of Bamboo
Matsutarô Kawaguchi
Hiromasa Nomura
Mitsuko Mito
Known for
Ugetsu
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Ryôsuke Saitô
Kyōko Asagiri
Also in
A Last Note
The Love of the Actress Sumako
Tatsuo Saitō
Known for
I Was Born, But...
Lord Jim
Reikichi Kawamura
Known for
Stray Dog
Record of a Tenement Gentleman
Akira Takakura
Also in
Soyokaze
Twenty-Year-Old Youth
Mitsuko Higashiyama
Nurse
Also in
Lady Doctor Kinuyo
Okinu and Banto
Hiromasa Nomura Director · Ryōsuke Saitō Screenplay Matsutarō Kawaguchi Story
First release December 29, 1941 · Produced in Japan · Original title 蘇州の夜
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Shochiku Ofuna
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Japan
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Original title
蘇州の夜
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 29, 1941
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