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On This Earth

0 %|Nov 22, 1957|Drama

Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.

Featured Crew

Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Director
Seijirô Shimada
Story
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Director of Photography
Shigeo Mano
Art Direction
Akira Ifukube
Music
Masaichi Nagata
Producer

Cast

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Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Heiichiro Okawa
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Hitomi Nozoe
Wakako Yoshikura
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Kinuyo Tanaka
Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
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Keizō Kawasaki
Tokio, Wakako's brother
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Shin Saburi
Ichiro Amano
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Taiji Tonoyama
Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
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Ryōsuke Kagawa
Rokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather
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Masao Shimizu
Tatsuzo, Wakako's dad
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Kuniko Miyake
Yoshie, Wakako's mum
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Tamae Kiyokawa
Tami - Mineya's wife
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Kichijirō Ueda
Tahei Nakamura
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Fumiko Murata
Kin - Tahei's wife
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Keiko Anjô
Michiko - Yoshda's sister
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Mitsuko Takesato
Yoshinio - Fukai's mother
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Kenji Oyama
Toyama (Mayor)
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Manabu Morita
Work Chief
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Fumiko Okamura
the landlady of Koryu-tei
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Kinzō Shin
Satomiya - teacher
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Eitarō Ozawa
School master
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Toshiko Kagiyama
Woman at Shumpûrô
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Reiko Shirai
Woman at Shumpûrô
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Reiko Shimohira
Woman at Shumpûrô
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Mitsuko Han'ya
Woman at Shumpûrô
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Ryûko Akutagawa
Woman at Shumpûrô
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Yoshiko Kusunoki
Woman at Shumpûrô
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Toshiko Kisaragi
Yoneko - a maiko
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Michiko Takano
Ichiko - a maiko
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Kōichi Fujiyama
Professor of sword
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Kazuko Miyakawa
Girl student
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Naoko Matsudaira
Girl student
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Junko Koizumi
Girl student