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The Petrified Forest
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The Petrified Forest

Sep 1, 1973
1h 58m
★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime
Drama

Production Companies

TOHO
Tokyo Eiga

Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Takeshi Kusaka

Takeshi Kusaka

Sayoko Ninomiya

Sayoko Ninomiya

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Akio Tanaka

Akio Tanaka

Masako Yagi

Masako Yagi

Ippei Kawashima

Ippei Kawashima

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Hiroshi Mizushima

Hiroshi Mizushima

Masami Horiuchi

Masami Horiuchi

亀田秀紀

亀田秀紀

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