Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was taken in by Keisuke's parents, who had raised her as their own child. At the riverside when the cherry blossoms are falling, Keisuke, now enrolled in university, promises Shizuko that he will tell his parents about them at the start of the summer vacation. He then sets off for Tokyo...
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Cast
36 people
Tamio Kawachi
Keisuke Shirato
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Chieko Matsubara
Shizuko Suda
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Dolls
Gan Yamazaki
Ryuma Takemori
Yoshitsugu Nakajima
Yuji Odaka
Ryoichi Yamada
Also in
Smashing the 0-Line
The Man with a Shotgun
Iwao Yamazaki
Shinya Inoue
Hiroshi Kondō
Known for
Anatahan
Intentions of Murder
Yoshinaga Yoko'o
Yoshiko Nezu
Akiko's friend A
Also in
Everything Goes Wrong
Tokyo Knights
Atsushi Fujiura
Yoshitsugu Nakajima Director · Gan Yamazaki Screenplay Ryuma Takemori Screenplay
First release May 22, 1961 · Produced in Japan · Original title 北上夜曲
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Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
北上夜曲
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 22, 1961
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