The Tale of Jiro
50 %|Oct 25, 1955|Drama
Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.
Featured Crew
Hiroshi Shimizu
Screenplay
Kojin Shimomura
Original Story
Iwaji Hiraoka
Lighting Technician
Hiroshi Kataoka
Sound Recordist
Seiichi Toriizuka
Art Direction
Teruo Ishii
Assistant Director
Manzo Shibata
Executive Producer
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Cast
Michiyo Kogure
Oyoshi
Yūko Mochizuki
Ohama
Ichirō Ryūzaki
Shunsuke
Junko Ikeuchi
Haruko
Shoji Nakayama
Teacher Asakura
Koji Osawa
Jiro
Katsuyuki Ichige
Older Jiro
Yukio Tomoyama
Kyoichi
Shirô Watanabe
Older Kyoichi
Shozo Ikehara
Shunzo
Itsuo Watanabe
Older Shunzo
Natsuko Kahara
Grandmother
Hiroshi Tsukiji
Naokichi
Ryutaro Nagai
Kansaku
Hiroshi Sugi
Grandfather
Ichiro Kodama
Dr. Aoki
Kōtarō Sugie
Elementary school teacher
Tsutomu Ichijo
Masaki's grandfather
Kinko Kato
Dr. Aoki's wife
Masako Fujimura
Masaki's grandmother