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Kukurantumi

Kukurantumi

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Addey is a lorry driver and an industrious family man who makes ends meet by plying his trade between Accra, the capital city, and his village , Kukurantumi. When he loses his job for reasons beyond his control, he plots a marriage between his daughter, Abena, and an affluent businessman but she refuses the union because she loved another. Abena disobeys her father Addey and, with Bob, the poor young man she loves, elopes to Accra where things worsen.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

02 January 1983

Country

Ghana

Cast

Evans Oma Hunter

Evans Oma Hunter

Addey

Felix Larbi

Felix Larbi

Boafi

Rose Fynn

Rose Fynn

Seewaa

Ernest Youngman

Ernest Youngman

Kofi

Kwesi France

Kwesi France

Alhaji

David Dontoh

David Dontoh

Bob

Amy Appiah

Amy Appiah

Abena

Charles Ansong

Charles Ansong

Ofori

Dorothy Ankomah

Dorothy Ankomah

Mary

Emmi L. Lawson

Emmi L. Lawson

Old Man

George Andoh Wilson

George Andoh Wilson

Mensah

Sebastian Agbanyoh

Sebastian Agbanyoh

Samuel Kofi Bryan

Samuel Kofi Bryan

Kwame A. Prempeh

Kwame A. Prempeh

Victor Nyaconor

Victor Nyaconor

Samuel Nyanyo Nmai

Samuel Nyanyo Nmai

Donkoh Kobina Joseph

Donkoh Kobina Joseph

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