Ryū Chishū, Tanaka Kinuyo, Tōno Eijirō, Uehara Ken, Mitsuda Ken, Sugimura Haruko, Hoshino Kazumasa, Nagahama Fujio. Based on the novel by Hino Ashihei. Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.
Summary:
Follows the experiences of one family from Fukuoka, Japan through succesive wars: the Satsuma rebellion, the Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and the Second World War. The final part of the film focuses on a young man being shipped off to World War II, and his mother and father have different reactions.
Series:
Eclipse from the Criterion Collection. Series 41, Kinoshita and World War II
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