Directed by Mikio Naruse
Starring Hideko Takamine · Masayuki Mori · Mariko Okada · Isao Yamagata
Original language: Japanese
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About
So short is the life of a flower, yet so much hardships it suffered.
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes.
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Cast
- Hideko TakamineYukiko Koda
- Masayuki MoriKengo Tomioka
- Mariko OkadaSei Mukai
- Isao YamagataSugio Iba
- Chieko NakakitaKuniko Tomioka
- Daisuke KatōSeikichi Mukai
- Noriko Sengoku
- Mayuri Mokushô
Details
- Directed by
- Mikio Naruse
- Written by
- Yōko Mizuki, Fumiko Hayashi
- Released
- 1955-01-15
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
