Film

Downtown

7.7195757mDrama

Director: Yasuki Chiba
Year: 1957

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.

Top cast

Isuzu Yamada

Riyo Yazawa

Toshirō Mifune

Yoshio Tsuruishi

Haruo Tanaka

Jun Tatara

Keiko Awaji

Chieko Murata

Masataka Kametani

Tsuruko Mano

Ikio Sawamura

Jirô Suzukawa

Toshiko Nakano

Shirō Tsuchiya

Shōichi Hirose

Yutaka Sada

Kazuko Igarashi

Yutaka Nakayama

Kōji Iwamoto

Directed by

Yasuki Chiba

Written by

Ryōzō Kasahara, Seiya Yoshida, Fumiko Hayashi

Produced by

Sanezumi Fujimoto