On This Earth

On This Earth (1957)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1957-11-22
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: Daiei Film
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Summary

Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are 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.

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  • 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

  • Kichijirō Ueda

    as Tahei Nakamura

  • Fumiko Murata

    as Kin - Tahei's wife

  • Masaya Tsukida

    as Yoshida

  • Keiko Anjô

    as Michiko - Yoshda's sister

  • Yosuke Irie

    as Fukai

  • Mitsuko Takesato

    as Yoshinio - Fukai's mother

  • Osamu Takizawa

    as Meichô

  • Kenji Oyama

    as Toyama (Mayor)

  • Gen Harada

    as Chief

  • Bontarō Miake

    as Moriyama

  • Mantarō Ushio

    as Terashima

  • Manabu Morita

    as Work Chief

  • Fumiko Okamura

    as the landlady of Koryu-tei

  • Kinzō Shin

    as Satomiya - teacher

  • Eitarō Ozawa

    as School master

  • Eiichi Takamura

    as chief

  • Toshiko Kagiyama

    as Woman at Shumpûrô

  • Reiko Shirai

    as Woman at Shumpûrô

  • Reiko Shimohira

    as Woman at Shumpûrô

  • Mitsuko Han'ya

    as Woman at Shumpûrô

  • Ryûko Akutagawa

    as Woman at Shumpûrô

  • Yoshiko Kusunoki

    as Woman at Shumpûrô

  • Toshiko Kisaragi

    as Yoneko - a maiko

  • Michiko Takano

    as Ichiko - a maiko

  • Hikaru Hoshi

    as Keian

  • Kōichi Fujiyama

    as Professor of sword

  • Shiroyuki Miyajima

    as Orugu

  • Kazuko Miyakawa

    as Girl student

  • Naoko Matsudaira

    as Girl student

  • Junko Koizumi

    as Girl student
Directing Kōzaburō Yoshimura Director
Writing Seijirō Shimada Story
Writing Kaneto Shindō Writer
Art Shigeo Mano Art Direction
Sound Akira Ifukube Music
Production Masaichi Nagata Producer
Camera Yoshihisa Nakagawa Director of Photography

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