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a.k.a. ''Girls Hand in Hand'' (USA title) is a 1952 black-and-white
Japanese film
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world; as of 2021, it was the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. In 2011 Japan produced 411 feature films that ea ...
directed by Shigeo Nakaki.
Plot
A girl (Margaret O'Brien) visits her dad in Japan, and she makes friends with an orphan from the war. She then tries to raise money to make an orphanage.Cast
*Hibari Misora
was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People's Honour Award, which was conferred posth ...
as Maria Abe
* Hikaru Hoshi
is a Japanese unisex given name meaning "light" or "radiance".
Possible writings
Hikaru can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 光, "light"
* 輝, "radiance"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. It is m ...
* Mitsuko Miura
was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. She appeared in over 150 films under the direction of filmmakers like Mikio Naruse, Kenji Mizoguchi and Hiroshi Shimizu.
Biography
After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko ...
* Tetsu Nakamura
, also known as Kaka Murad (Pashto: , transl. "Uncle Nakamura"), (15 September 1946 – 4 December 2019), was a Japanese physician and honorary Afghan citizen who headed Peace Japan Medical Services (PMS), an aid group known as ''Peshawar-kai'' ...
* John Norton
* Margaret O'Brien
Angela Maxine O'Brien (born January 15, 1937) is an American film, radio, television, and stage actress, and is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Beginning a prolific career as a child actress in feature ...
* Shiko Saito
* Nobuko Shingu
* Kyoji Sugi
* Yuko Tashiro
* Eiran Yoshikawa
See also
*List of films in the public domain in the United States
Most films are subject to copyright, but those listed here are believed to be in the public domain in the United States. This means that no government, organization, or individual owns any copyright over the work, and as such it is common property ...
References
External links
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416757/ * (public domain) Japanese black-and-white films 1952 films Daiei Film films Japanese drama films 1952 drama films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-Japan-film-stub