Tokyo Omnibus
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.
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Cast
28 people
Teiji Takahashi
Known for
The Ballad of Narayama
Tokyo Twilight
Minoru Ōki
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Shogun Assassin
Keiji Sada
Known for
Good Morning
An Autumn Afternoon
Toyozō Yamamoto
Also in
Tomorrow's Sun
Farewell to Spring
Shinichirō Mikami
Known for
An Autumn Afternoon
Late Autumn
Kazuya Kosaka
Known for
The Makioka Sisters
Shin Saburi
Known for
Equinox Flower
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Shūji Sano
Known for
There Was a Father
A Hen in the Wind
Ken Uehara
Known for
Repast
Mothra
Mariko Okada
Known for
An Autumn Afternoon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Akiko Koyama
Known for
Boy
In the Realm of the Senses
Hizuru Takachiho
Known for
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Yoshiaki Banshō Director · Toshio Shiina Screenplay Yoshiro Tomita Screenplay
First release October 30, 1959 · Produced in Japan · Original title 三羽烏三代記
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Original title
三羽烏三代記
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 30, 1959
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No release date listed for United States.
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