Thousand Cranes

Apr 19, 1969

1h 36m

★ 8.3

Overview

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunari.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Mrs. Ota

Ayako Wakao

Chikako Kurimoto

Machiko Kyō

Kikuji Mitani

Mikijiro Hira

Fumiko

Eiko Azusa

Kikuji's father

Eiji Funakoshi

Toyo

Tanie Kitabayashi

Yukiko Inamura

Yôko Namikawa

Nobuko Shingu

Sumire Mikasa

Yoshio Takee

Sachiko Meguro

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