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The Munekata Sisters
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The Munekata Sisters

Aug 25, 1950
1h 52m
★ 7.1

Overview

Setsuko is in an unhappy marriage to Mimura, an unemployed, alcoholic engineer. She had always been in love with Hiroshi but both failed to propose when Hiroshi left for France a few years ago. But now he's back and Mariko tries to reunite them, although she too is secretly in love with Hiroshi.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shintoho Company

Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka

Setsuko Munekata

Kinuyo Tanaka

Hideko Takamine

Mariko Munekata

Hideko Takamine

Ken Uehara

Hiroshi Tashiro

Ken Uehara

Sanae Takasugi

Yoriko Mashita

Sanae Takasugi

Chishū Ryū

Tadachika Munekata

Chishū Ryū

So Yamamura

Ryosuke Mimura

So Yamamura

Yūji Hori

Maejima

Yūji Hori

Tatsuo Saitō

Jou Uchida

Tatsuo Saitō

Kamatari Fujiwara

Sangin's Master

Kamatari Fujiwara

Reikichi Kawamura

Sangin's Customer

Reikichi Kawamura

Setsuko Horikoshi

Sangin's Maid

Setsuko Horikoshi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Mieko

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

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