Drama ·Comedy · Japan · 1957 · 59m

The Men of Toho-ku

東北の神武たち

The Men of Toho-ku poster
Director
Kon Ichikawa
Cast
Hiroshi Akutagawa as Risuke Zummu Minoru Chiaki as Tasuke Zummu Haruko Tōgō as Asa Zummu, Tasuke's wife Kamatari Fujiwara as Hisakichi, master of Sankaku Yashiki Chieko Naniwa as Oei Eiko Miyoshi as old woman
Crew
Kazuo Yamada — Director of Photography Kon Ichikawa — Screenplay
Synopsis

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

Key Collaborators
Kon Ichikawa Director Kazuo Yamada Director of Photography Kon Ichikawa Screenplay
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