Port of Flowers

Port of Flowers

82 mins | Comedy, War | July 29, 1943

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.

Port of Flowers

82 mins | Comedy, War | July 29, 1943

Port of Flowers
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 花咲く港
Directors Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers Yoshiro Tsuji, Kazuo Kikuta

Cast

Eitarō Ozawa

as Shuzo

Ken Uehara

as Tomekichi

Mitsuko Mito

as Oharu

Chishū Ryū

as Nobadama

Eijirō Tōno

as Hayashida

Yôsuke Hanzawa

as Ryôji Hirayu

Fusako Maki

as Setsuyo

Sachiko Murase

as O-yuki

Kanji Kawahara

as Kesaji

Einosuke Naka

as Policeman

Shirō Ōsaka

as Eikichi

Morihiko Kezuka

as Engineer

Toshio Shimamura

as Janitor

Taeko Inoue

as Yuki's child