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The Age of Beginnings

The Age of Beginnings

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A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

81 mins

Rating

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Release Date

15 July 1947

Country

Japan

Cast

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Goro Asahina

Setsuko Hara

Setsuko Hara

Miyako Tomoda

Den Obinata

Den Obinata

Editor (as Den Obinata)

Ureo Egawa

Ureo Egawa

Brother-In-law Kohei

Sōji Kiyokawa

Sōji Kiyokawa

Second Editor

Atsuko Ichinomiya

Atsuko Ichinomiya

Older Sister Kimiko

Satoko Date

Satoko Date

Tsutako

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Writer Matsuura

Zenichiro Kito

Zenichiro Kito

Yanosuke Maejima

Ko Yamamuro

Ko Yamamuro

Writer Nemoto (as Ko Yamamuro)

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Older Sister Machiko

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