This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
Cast
Chieko Baisho
Hideko Kono
Akira Terao
Takashi Saito
Masami Shimojō
Unknown
Hideji Ōtaki
Unknown
Hisashi Igawa
Unknown
Chieko Misaki
Unknown
Atom Shimojo
Unknown
Tokuko Sugiyama
Unknown
Masao Imafuku
Unknown
Makoto Akatsuka
Unknown
Yoshie Ichige
Unknown
Mari Okamoto
Unknown
Kazuhiko Kasai
Unknown
Kenji Kimura
Unknown
Akihiko Hanyû
Unknown
Yoshiko Togawa
Unknown
Katsuhiko Tamura
Unknown
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Unknown
Crew
Yoji Yamada
Director, Writer
Yoshitaka Asama
Writer
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Tetsuo Takaha
Director of Photography
Toru Najima
Executive Producer
Kiyoshi Shimazu
Executive Producer
Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Mixer
Katsuyuki Itô
Sound Effects
Hiroshi Nakamura
Sound Recordist
Yoshifumi Aoki
Lighting Technician
Kyōko Okada
Original Music Composer
Sôhei Hasegawa
Still Photographer
Kiminobu Satō
Art Direction
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