After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a job in a small laundry in downtown Tokyo and works hard till late at night. At a nearby restaurant a brother and sister are working, and Kazuo becomes friendly with the girl, Yoneko. Love blossoms between the two. However, Yoneko's brother objects to his sister marrying Kazuo.
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Cast
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Homare Suguro
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Kinuyo Tanaka
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Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
Chieko Baisho
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Howl's Moving Castle
Weathering with You
Yūsuke Kawazu
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Cruel Story of Youth
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Kyoko Aoi
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Three Outlaw Samurai
Keiji Sada
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Good Morning
An Autumn Afternoon
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Known for
Pom Poko
Vengeance Is Mine
Kakuko Chino
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A Town of Love and Hope
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Keiko Mizushina
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Pale Flower
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Junzaburō Ban
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Tamae Kiyokawa
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The Road I Travel with You
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Fujio Tokita
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Castle in the Sky
The Eel
Yoshiro Kawazu Director · Yoshiko Kusuda Screenplay Chūji Kinoshita Composer
First release October 13, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title かあさん長生きしてね
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
かあさん長生きしてね
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 13, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
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