A Slope in the Sun

A Slope in the Sun

209 mins | Romance | April 15, 1958

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.

A Slope in the Sun

209 mins | Romance | April 15, 1958

A Slope in the Sun
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 陽のあたる坂道
Directors Tomotaka Tasaka
Writers Yôjirô Ishizaka, Tomotaka Tasaka, Ichirô Ikeda

Cast

Yûjirô Ishihara

as Shinji Tashiro

Mie Kitahara

as Takako Kuramoto

Izumi Ashikawa

as Kumiko Tashiro

Tamio Kawachi

as Tamio Takagi

Yuji Odaka

as Yukichi Tashiro

Koreya Senda

as Tamakichi Tashiro

Yukiko Todoroki

as Midori Tashiro

Hisako Yamane

as Tomiko Takagi

Misako Watanabe

as Yuriko Kawakami

Shin Morikawa

as Seikichi

Shirō Amakusa

as Yagoro

Fudeko Tanaka

as Hanako

Yōko Benisawa

as Yoneko

Reiko Arai

as Takeko

Isamu Kosugi

as Dr. Shiozawa

Natsue Shiga

as Chief

Hiroshi Hijikata

as A drinker

Shigeo Hayashi

as Minami's companion

Haruna Kaburagi

as Housemaid A of Tashiro family

Fumiko Fukuda

as Housemaid B of Tashiro family

Kyoko Horikawa

as Nurse at K Hospital

Shigeoki Otaki

as Yukichi (childhood)

Kaoru Matsumoto

as Shinji (childhood)

Kazumi Sudo

as Kumiko (childhood)

Kikuyo Suda

as Young woman

Arata Shibata

as Buddy A

Shirô Yanase

as Buddy B

Ichiro Kijima

as Buddy C

Sanemon Suzuki

as The grandfather of a glass shop