Movie: The Shop Curtain

Top 10 Billed Cast

Hisaya Morishige
森繁久彌

Isuzu Yamada
山田五十鈴

Ganjirō Nakamura II
二代目 中村鴈治郎

Nobuko Otowa
乙羽信子

Takao Zushi
頭師孝雄

Shinji Ohara
Shinji Ohara

Michiyo Tamaki
環三千世

Chieko Naniwa
浪花千栄子

Kyū Sazanka
山茶花究

Hiroshi Ebie
Hiroshi Ebie

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    The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.

  • Release Date

    1958-06-15

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    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
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    日本語
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