On This Earth (1957)
Original title: 地上
On This Earth is a 1957 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura, with a running time of 1h 38m. It stars Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe and Kinuyo Tanaka.
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
Cast
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Heiichiro Okawa
- Hitomi Nozoe as Wakako Yoshikura
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
- Kyōko Kagawa as Fuyuko
- Keizō Kawasaki as Tokio, Wakako's brother
- Shin Saburi as Ichiro Amano
- Taiji Tonoyama as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
- Ryōsuke Kagawa as Rokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather
- Masao Shimizu as Tatsuzo, Wakako's dad
- Kuniko Miyake as Yoshie, Wakako's mum
- Kyū Sazanka as Mineya
- Tamae Kiyokawa as Tami - Mineya's wife