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Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan (1959) — Ligoscope

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Film · 1959

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

117 min · Directed by Tadashi Imai

5.98
ratings

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.

Cast

Emiko Takahashi

Kiku Kawada

George Okunoyama

Isamu Kawada

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Grandma Shigeko

Koji Kiyomura

Seijiro

A

Aiko Asahina

Kimie

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Shopkeeper

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Toshio Takahara

Toshio Takahara

Newspaperman B

Zeko Nakamura

Zeko Nakamura

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Jun Tatara

Jun Tatara

Teruko Kishi

Teruko Kishi

Okatsu

Michiko Araki

Michiko Araki

Natsuko Kahara

Natsuko Kahara

Miko

Teruko Nagaoka

Teruko Nagaoka

Nun

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Man with camera

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Policeman

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Newspaperman A

Crew

Director: Tadashi Imai
Producer: Shotaro Sumi, Takero Itō
Writer: Yōko Mizuki
Editor: Akikazu Kono
Cinematography: Shunichirō Nakao
Art Direction: Junji Eguchi
Composer: Masao Oki

Details

Studios: Daito Eiga Co., Ltd.
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: March 29, 1959

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