Fantasy ·History · Japan · 1988 · 1h 33m

Crane

つる－鶴－

Crane poster
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Cast
Sayuri Yoshinaga as Tsuru (crane) Hideki Noda as Daiju Takuzō Kawatani as Umaemon Kirin Kiki as Yura Bunta Sugawara as Rich man Kyôko Kishida as Kichibi
Crew
Yukio Isohata — Director of Photography Chizuko Osada — Editor Kensaku Tanikawa — Original Music Composer Kon Ichikawa — Writer Shinya Hidaka — Writer Natto Wada — Writer
Synopsis

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...

Key Collaborators
Kon Ichikawa Director Yukio Isohata Director of Photography Chizuko Osada Editor Kensaku Tanikawa Original Music Composer Kon Ichikawa Writer Shinya Hidaka Writer Natto Wada Writer Hiroaki Fujii Producer Setsu Asakura Production Design
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