A Descendant of Urashima Taro

1h 22m
Drama
7.5

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.

Cast

Susumu Fujita
Goro Urashima
Hideko Takamine
Akako Tatsuta
Hisako Yamane
Otoko Goda
Ichirō Sugai
Unknown
Eitarō Shindō
Unknown
Tokue Hanazawa
Unknown
Fusae Iida
Unknown
Hideko Yanoshima
Unknown
Chiyoko Shikano
Dancing girl
Taro Aono
Unknown
Shin Tatsuoka
Unknown
Nobuo Nakamura
Unknown
Ken Mitsuda
Gotaro Goda
Seiji Miyaguchi
Unknown
Haruko Sugimura
Unknown

Crew

Mikio Naruse
Director
Ryuichiro Yagi
Screenplay
Yoshiki Nagasawa
Editor
Ichio Yamazaki
Director of Photography
Masanori Kakei
Assistant Director
Nobuyoshi Morita
Executive Producer
Tsuneo Hazumi
Executive Producer
Michio Okazaki
Sound Recordist
Ko Fujibayashi
Lighting Technician
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Kazuo Yamada
Original Music Composer
Teruaki Abe
Art Direction

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