A melancholic love story between a young photographer and a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage for the sake of her poor father-in-law.
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Mieko Kondō
Known for
New Tale of Zatoichi
Osamu Maruyama
Known for
Street of Shame
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Kuniko Miyake
Known for
Tokyo Story
Good Morning
Ryō Ōkawa
Also in
Oretachi wa kuruttenai
Tamae Kiyokawa
Also in
The Road I Travel with You
Hideko the Bus Conductor
Yoshirō Kitahara
Known for
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Ryūji Shinagawa
Also in
The Blue Sky Maiden
The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
Yuko Yashio
Also in
The Blue Sky Maiden
The Wandering Princess
Kaoru Shimizutani
Also in
Warm Current
The Snowy Heron
Kansho Yoshii
Also in
A Pebble by the Wayside
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Yosuke Irie
Known for
Floating Weeds
Street of Shame
Yoshio Takee
Also in
Fires on the Plain
A Wife Confesses
Hiromasa Nomura Director · Nobu Koito Story Tomohiro Akino Cinematographer
First release May 28, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Original title 湖水物語
Production
Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
湖水物語
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 28, 1957
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No release date listed for United States.
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