Romance ·Drama · Japan · 1969 · 1h 36m

Thousand Cranes

千羽鶴

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Director
Yasuzō Masumura
Cast
Ayako Wakao as Mrs. Ota Machiko Kyō as Chikako Kurimoto Mikijiro Hira as Kikuji Mitani Eiko Azusa as Fumiko Eiji Funakoshi as Kikuji's father Tanie Kitabayashi as Toyo
Crew
Hikaru Hayashi — Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō — Writer Yasunari Kawabata — Novel
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookzenlovetea ceremony
Key Collaborators
Yasuzō Masumura Director Hikaru Hayashi Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō Writer Yasunari Kawabata Novel
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