Movie: The Petrified Forest

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara
萩原健一

Shima Iwashita
岩下志麻

Takeshi Kusaka
日下武史

Sayoko Ninomiya
Sayoko Ninomiya

Haruko Sugimura
杉村春子

Akio Tanaka
田中明夫

Masako Yagi
八木昌子

Ippei Kawashima
川島一平

Torahiko Hamada
浜田寅彦

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    Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.

  • Release Date

    1973-09-01

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    日本語
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