The Age of Beginnings

The Age of Beginnings

81 mins | July 15, 1947

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.

The Age of Beginnings

81 mins | July 15, 1947

The Age of Beginnings
A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.
Producers Shintoho Company, Shintoho Pictures Co., Ltd.
Original title かけ出し時代
Directors Kiyoshi Saeki
Writers Yukio Togawa, Ryûji Nagami

Cast

Susumu Fujita

as Goro Asahina

Setsuko Hara

as Miyako Tomoda

Den Obinata

as Editor (as Den Obinata)

Ureo Egawa

as Brother-In-law Kohei

Sōji Kiyokawa

as Second Editor

Atsuko Ichinomiya

as Older Sister Kimiko

Satoko Date

as Tsutako

Yūnosuke Itō

as Writer Matsuura

Zenichiro Kito

as Yanosuke Maejima

Ko Yamamuro

as Writer Nemoto (as Ko Yamamuro)

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

as Older Sister Machiko