A love affair between a beautiful fashion designer returning from France and a naïve young judo player against the backdrop of Japan in the early post-war period, where new customs and old traditions mix.
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Cast
26 people
Fujiko Yamamoto
Yoshiko Sunohara
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Takashi Mita
Tadashi Kurihara
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Akio Kanasugi
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Mitsuko Kimura
Momoko Kanasugi
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Kisao Tobita
Jiro Nezumi
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Ichirō Sugai
Artist Sakamoto
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Fumiko Okamura
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Kenichi Tani
Moustache man
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Shiko Saito
Gallery manager
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Yoshio Takee
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Noboru Kusakabe
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Takuya Morita
Judge
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Kōji Shima Director · Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay Yukio Mishima Story
First release December 8, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Original title にっぽん製
Production
Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
にっぽん製
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 8, 1953
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No release date listed for United States.
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