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Actress

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Drama

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Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

27 November 1956

Country

Japan

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Kakuko Mori

Chikako Hosokawa

Chikako Hosokawa

Tsukiko, Kakuko's mother

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Shinsuke Ashida

Shinsuke Ashida

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Kō Mihashi

Kō Mihashi

Ichirō Shimizu

Ichirō Shimizu

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Sumiko Hidaka

Sumiko Hidaka

Kei Taguchi

Kei Taguchi

Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa

Taketoshi Naitō

Taketoshi Naitō

Izumi Hara

Izumi Hara

Miwa Saitō

Miwa Saitō

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Someshō Matsumoto

Someshō Matsumoto

Masanori Takeda

Masanori Takeda

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Fumio Ōmachi

Fumio Ōmachi

Yasushi Nagata

Yasushi Nagata

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Shuntarō Emi

Shuntarō Emi

Ruriko Hitomi

Ruriko Hitomi

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shojiro Ogasawara

Fusatarō Ishijima

Fusatarō Ishijima

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