Movie: This Happy Life

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kingorō Yanagiya
柳家金語楼

Hisako Yamane
山根寿子

Meiko Nakamura
中村メイコ

Entatsu Yokoyama
横山エンタツ

Kikuko Hanaoka
花岡菊子

Atsushi Watanabe
渡辺篤

Tamae Kiyokawa
清川玉枝

Takashi Kodaka
小高たかし

Yōnosuke Toba
鳥羽陽之助

Rikie Sanjō
三條利喜江

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  • Overview

    A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

  • Release Date

    1944-01-27

  • Average

    6.333

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
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  • Genres

  • Languages:

    日本語

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