Film
On This Earth
Japan- Director
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Year
- 1957
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is 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.
Top cast
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Heiichiro Okawa
Hitomi Nozoe
Wakako Yoshikura
Kinuyo Tanaka
Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Kyōko Kagawa
Fuyuko
Keizō Kawasaki
Tokio, Wakako's brother
Shin Saburi
Ichiro Amano
Taiji Tonoyama
Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Rokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather
Masao Shimizu
Tatsuzo, Wakako's dad
Kuniko Miyake
Yoshie, Wakako's mum
Kyū Sazanka
Mineya
Tamae Kiyokawa
Tami - Mineya's wife
Kichijirō Ueda
Tahei Nakamura
Fumiko Murata
Kin - Tahei's wife
Masaya Tsukida
Yoshida
Keiko Anjô
Michiko - Yoshda's sister
Yosuke Irie
Fukai
Mitsuko Takesato
Yoshinio - Fukai's mother
Directed by
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Written by
Seijirō Shimada, Kaneto Shindō
Produced by
Masaichi Nagata
