Our Town

Our Town

98 mins | Drama | Aug. 28, 1956

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue. Hatsue grows up beautifully and falls in love with Shintaro. But Takichi objects to their relationship...

Our Town

98 mins | Drama | Aug. 28, 1956

Our Town
In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover had died of an illness, leaving a baby girl, Hatsue. Hatsue grows up beautifully and falls in love with Shintaro. But Takichi objects to their relationship...
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title わが町
Directors Akinori Matsuo, Yūzō Kawashima, Shôhei Imamura
Writers Sakunosuke Oda, Toshio Yasumi

Cast

Ryutaro Tatsumi

as Takichi "Taa" Sadogashima

Yôko Minamida

as Otsuru / Kimie

Shirō Ōsaka

as Shintaro

Taiji Tonoyama

as Shime

Tomoko Kō

as Hatsue

Shoichi Ozawa

as Keikichi

Nobuo Kawakami

as Night Market Boss /

Sanpei Mine

as Tanekichi Hanai

Ryusei Ito

as Calligraphy Teacher

Tsuchiyasu Kinohara

as Hinomaru Bath Owner

Reiko Kuba

as Kappa Alley Resident

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Jiro Hanai

Tsûsai Sugawara

as Tsuruta Tomizō, Diving Company Boss

Kazuo Kinugasa

as Car customer (Sekitori)

Kaoru Yamamoto

as Female teacher at an elementary school