Movie: The Song Lantern

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Raizō Ichikawa
八代目 市川雷蔵

Mayumi Kurata
Mayumi Kurata

Fujiko Yamamoto
山本 富士子

Natsuko Kahara
賀原夏子

Eitarō Ozawa
小沢栄太郎

Rieko Sumi
角梨枝子

Michiko Ono
長谷川季子

Kichijirō Ueda
上田吉二郎

Kinzō Shin
信欣三

Eijirō Yanagi
柳永二郎

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    The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the actors of the Japanese classical theater No, friendship, hatred and love…

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    1960-05-18

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