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A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the crowded streets of Ginza.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

6.5/10

Release Date

08 July 1953

Country

Japan

Cast

Ryō Ikebe

Ryō Ikebe

Ueda [sandwich man]

Ineko Arima

Ineko Arima

Toshiko

Michiyo Kogure

Michiyo Kogure

Michiko

Hisaya Morishige

Hisaya Morishige

Mr. Maki

Kiyoko Tange

Kiyoko Tange

Kazuko

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Kiyoko

Junzaburō Ban

Junzaburō Ban

Fortuneteller

Tamae Kiyokawa

Tamae Kiyokawa

Yoshiko Hirose

Yoshiko Hirose

Mihara

Mitsue Tachibana

Mitsue Tachibana

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Tony Tani

Tony Tani

Fuyuki Murakami

Fuyuki Murakami

Sachiko Atami

Sachiko Atami

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