is a 1985 Japanese film directed by

Shunya Ito Shun'ya or Shunya (written: 俊也, 駿也, 隼也, 峻野, 駿冶 or 駿哉) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese film director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese footballer *, Ja ...

. It was Japan's submission to the

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for the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee. It won the award for Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony.

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* Yukiyo Toake – Keiko Takano *

Minoru Chiaki was a Japanese actor who appeared in eleven of Akira Kurosawa's films, including ''Rashomon'', ''Seven Samurai'', ''Throne of Blood'', and ''The Hidden Fortress''. He was also one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors. He attended, but did not grad ...

– Fuyukichi Takano * Teruhiko Saigo – Haruo Takano * Yumiko Nogawa – Nobue Kaneko *

Haruko Kato was a Japanese actress. Biography Haruko Kato was born in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, on 24 November 1922. After training at acting school, she was signed up with the film production company Toho in 1939, debuting in ' in the same year. She marri ...

– Kikuyo Takano * Yoshiko Nakada – Tomoko Iizuka * Sayoko Ninomiya – Mitsue Takano *

Ittoku Kishibe , born , is a Japanese actor and musician. Career He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese ...

– Yoshikazu Ishimoto

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