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Children Seeking a Mother (1956) — Ligoscope

Children Seeking a Mother

Film · 1956

Children Seeking a Mother

88 min · Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

Cast

Aiko Mimasu

Aiko Mimasu

Aki Yamamoto

Yasuko Kawakami

Yasuko Kawakami

Misako Fujisawa

Kuniko Miyake

Kuniko Miyake

Shizuko Fujisawa

Kanji Kawara

Kanji Kawara

Nagasaki Orphanage Director

Hiroko Machida

Hiroko Machida

Toshio's mother

Crew

Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Writer: Matsuo Kishi, Yoshio Sawaki, Hiroshi Shimizu

Details

Studios: Daiei Film
Countries: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Release: August 8, 1956

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Kenichi Miyajima

Kenichi Miyajima

Gohei

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Carpenter

Saburo Sakai

Saburo Sakai

Police Officer

Mitsuko Takesato

Mitsuko Takesato

Yoshiko's mother

Yuko Yashio

Yuko Yashio

Chiyoko Sugimoto

Eiji Koyama

Takeo Yamamoto

Nao Abe

Minoru

Hiromitsu Hattori

Koichi

Keiji Aoyoma

Child Welfare Office Staff

Noriko Hadaka

Mitsuko Ogawa

Eiji Hirota

Shokichi

Osamu Maruyama

Sokichi's father

Hiroe Matsui

Masako

Kumeko Urabe

Kumeko Urabe

Older Woman

Mieko Shakakida

Yoshiko

Yukihiko Osawa

Toshio Sagawa

Hachiro Ota

Saburo Murakoshi

Kuriko Koda

Little Girl

Rin Sugimori

Little Girl

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