Movie: Thousand Cranes

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ayako Wakao
若尾文子

Mrs. Ota

Machiko Kyō
京マチ子

Chikako Kurimoto

Mikijiro Hira
平幹二朗

Kikuji Mitani

Eiko Azusa
梓英子

Fumiko

Eiji Funakoshi
船越英二

Kikuji's father

Tanie Kitabayashi
北林谷栄

Toyo

Yôko Namikawa
南美川洋子

Yukiko Inamura

Nobuko Shingu
Nobuko Shingu

Sumire Mikasa
Sumire Mikasa

Yoshio Takee
Yoshio Takee

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    The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunari.

  • Release Date

    1969-04-19

  • Average

    8.25

  • Rating:

    4.1 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語
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