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Down Town
Down Town

Down Town

Genres

Drama

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A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

57 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

29 October 1957

Country

Japan

Cast

Isuzu Yamada

Isuzu Yamada

Riyo Yazawa

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Yoshio Tsuruishi

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Jun Tatara

Jun Tatara

Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Chieko Murata

Chieko Murata

Masataka Kametani

Masataka Kametani

Tsuruko Mano

Tsuruko Mano

Ikio Sawamura

Ikio Sawamura

Jirô Suzukawa

Jirô Suzukawa

Toshiko Nakano

Toshiko Nakano

Shirō Tsuchiya

Shirō Tsuchiya

Shōichi Hirose

Shōichi Hirose

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Kazuko Igarashi

Kazuko Igarashi

Yutaka Nakayama

Yutaka Nakayama

Kōji Iwamoto

Kōji Iwamoto

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