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Shochiku

The Honest Fool

1964 87 min Japanese
Wubly rating 6.5 IMDb rating 6.1

Yasugoro, goes to live in a quiet town where he falls in love with the priest's daughter-in-law. His does not declare his love because she is married, but he goes on a mission to please her, and is blinded. Then her husband dies and she remarries before Yasugoro can confess his love.

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Yoji Yamada Director · Tai Katō Screenplay

First release January 15, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Original title 馬鹿まるだし

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Shochiku

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Original title

馬鹿まるだし

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Japanese

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Japanese

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Japan · January 15, 1964

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