Movie: The Izu Dancer

Top 7 Billed Cast

Haruko Wanibuchi
鰐淵晴子

Kaoru

Masahiko Tsugawa
津川雅彦

Mizuhara

Masami Taura
田浦正巳

Eikichi

Zeko Nakamura
中村是好

Haberdasher

Mutsuko Sakura
桜むつ子

Tatsu

Reiko Hitomi
瞳麗子

Yuriko

Junko Shiroyama
Junko Shiroyama

Chiyoko

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    Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the 1920's.

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    1960-05-13

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    Pure and short-lived love of an itinerant dancing girl and a boy student

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    日本語
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