, also known as ''Chimimoryo: A Soul of Demons'', is a 1971 Japanese
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Kō Nakahira
was a Japanese film director.
After dropping out of the University of Tokyo in 1949, Nakahira joined Shochiku as an assistant director. As assistant director, he worked for such filmmakers as Akira Kurosawa, Eisuke Takizawa, Keisuke Kinoshita and ...
. It was entered into the
1971 Cannes Film Festival
The 24th Cannes Film Festival took place from 12 to 27 May 1971. French actress Michèle Morgan served as jury president for the main competition. The ''Grand Prix du Festival International du Film'', then the fetival's main prize, was awarded ...
.
Cast
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Nobuko Tashiro
is a feminine Japanese given name. Although the name is always romanized the same way, the kanji characters can be different.
Written forms
Forms in kanji can include:
* 信子, "trust, child"
* 伸子, "to lengthen, child"
* 延子, "to prol ...
as Ikezoe's wife
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Ai Sasaki as Kinu
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*TORU, spacecraft system
*Tōru (given name), Japanese male given name
*Toru, Pakistan, village in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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as Takeda
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Koji Nambara as Karino
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Taiji Tonoyama
was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company ...
as Hachizo
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Kazuko Ineno as Kume
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Mariko Kaga
is a Japanese actress.
Career
Scouted in Shibuya, Kaga starred in the television drama ''Yonjū hassai no teikō'' in 1962. She became known for playing femme fatale characters in films such as '' Pale Flower'' and ''Getsuyōbi no Yuka''. She wa ...
as Tokuhime
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Akaji Maro
is a Japanese butoh performer, theater director and film actor.
Early life
In 1943, Maro was born in Sakurai, Nara, Japan.
Career
In 1972, Maro founded the , a large-scale butoh company which has gained an enduring international reputation. ...
as Kinzo
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Hiroko Ogi as Yuki
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Eiji Okada
was a Japanese film actor from Chōshi, Chiba. Okada served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor.
Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him" in Fre ...
as Ikezoe
References
External links
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1971 films
1971 drama films
Films directed by Kō Nakahira
1970s Japanese-language films
Japanese drama films
1970s Japanese films
Japanese-language drama films
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