In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue. Hatsue grows up beautifully and falls in love with Shintaro. But Takichi objects to their relationship...
Cast
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Takichi "Taa" Sadogashima
Yōko Minamida
Otsuru / Kimie
Shirō Ōsaka
Shintaro
Taiji Tonoyama
Shime
Tomoko Kō
Hatsue
Tanie Kitabayashi
Otaka
Shoichi Ozawa
Keikichi
Nobuo Kawakami
Night Market Boss
Sanpei Mine
Tanekichi Hanai
Ryusei Ito
Calligraphy Teacher
Tsuchiyasu Kinohara
Hinomaru Bath Owner
Reiko Kuba
Kappa Alley Resident
Tatsuya Mihashi
Jiro Hanai
Tsûsai Sugawara
Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss
Kazuo Kinugasa
Car customer (Sekitori)
Kaoru Yamamoto
Female teacher at an elementary school
Isao Yoshida
Unknown
Hisao Murata
Unknown
Masuyo Suzumura
Unknown
Crew
Yūzō Kawashima
Director
Toshio Yasumi
Screenplay
Sakunosuke Oda
Novel
Tadashi Nakamura
Editor
Kuratarō Takamura
Director of Photography
Akinori Matsuo
First Assistant Director
Shōhei Imamura
Second Assistant Director
Masayuki Takagi
Producer
Kimihiko Nakamura
Production Design
Fumio Hashimoto
Sound Recordist
Mitsuo Onishi
Lighting Technician
Riichirō Manabe
Original Music Composer
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