Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)
Original title: 小原庄助さん
Mr. Shosuke Ohara is a 1949 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Hiroshi Shimizu, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Denjirō Ōkōchi, Akiko Kazami and Reiko Miyagawa.
Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara.
Cast
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Saheita Sugimoto aka Shôsuke Ohara
- Akiko Kazami as Onobu
- Reiko Miyagawa as Oritsu
- Nijiko Kiyokawa as Margaret Nakata
- Chōko Iida as Oseki, old maid
- Haruo Tanaka as Seizô Kon'no
- Sōji Kiyokawa as Kaikû Tsukioka, high priest
- Yōnosuke Toba as Koroku
- Shinichi Himori as Jiromasa Yoshida
- Hiroshi Ayukawa as Tetsuo
- Shūji Kawabe
- Rei Ishikawa