Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
Original title: 日本の青春
Hymn to a Tired Man is a 1968 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Masaki Kobayashi, with a running time of 2h 10m. It stars Makoto Fujita, Michiyo Aratama and Toshio Kurosawa.
During WWII, Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son has fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.
Cast
- Makoto Fujita as Zensaku
- Michiyo Aratama as Yosiko
- Toshio Kurosawa as Renji Mukaizaka
- Wakako Sakai as Mariko Suzuki
- Kunie Tanaka as Hisataro Ohno
- Kei Satō as Takenori Suzuki
- Masao Mishima as Narrator (voice)
- Tomoko Naraoka as Miyo Mukaizaka
- Michiyo Aratama as Yoshiko Hide
- Yoko Kiku as Sakiko Kosaka
- Tokue Hanazawa as Shosuke Toyama
- Isao Hashimoto as Kazuo Kaneko