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The Ditch
The Ditch

The Ditch

Genres

Drama

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Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

111 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

27 July 1954

Country

Japan

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Tsuru

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Sō Yamamura

Sō Yamamura

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

Chieko Nakakita

Chieko Nakakita

Mayuri Mokushô

Mayuri Mokushô

Chōko Iida

Chōko Iida

Tamae Kiyokawa

Tamae Kiyokawa

Ranko Akagi

Ranko Akagi

Yumi Takano

Yumi Takano

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

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