Our Town (1956)
Original title: わが町
Our Town is a 1956 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Yūzō Kawashima, with a running time of 1h 38m. It stars Ryūtarō Tatsumi, Yōko Minamida and Shirō Ōsaka.
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue. Hatsue grows up beautifully and falls in love with Shintaro. But Takichi objects to their relationship...
Cast
- Ryūtarō Tatsumi as Takichi "Taa" Sadogashima
- Yōko Minamida as Otsuru / Kimie
- Shirō Ōsaka as Shintaro
- Taiji Tonoyama as Shime
- Tomoko Kō as Hatsue
- Tanie Kitabayashi as Otaka
- Shoichi Ozawa as Keikichi
- Nobuo Kawakami as Night Market Boss
- Sanpei Mine as Tanekichi Hanai
- Ryūsei Itō as Calligraphy Teacher
- Tsuchiyasu Kinohara as Hinomaru Bath Owner
- Reiko Kuba as Kappa Alley Resident