Magoroku Is Alive
1943·Japan·89 min.
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A superstitious farming family is hesitant to use their prized fallow fields to grow crops to help feed the nation's troops. Kinoshita's rural drama was made to promote the war effort, but his story branches off in many directions, including one subplot about the family's heirloom samurai sword and another about a blossoming young romance.
DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
ScreenwriterKeisuke Kinoshita
CinematographyHiroyuki Kusuda
CastKen Uehara·Fumiko Katsuragi·Mitsuko Yoshikawa·Yasumi Hara·Kurumi Yamabato·Toshio Hosokawa·Reikichi Kawamura·Tokusaburo Miyako·Kuniko Igawa·Takeshi Sakamoto·Fumiko Okamura·Masami Maehata·Kôji Kawabe·Hirokazu Yamamoto·BakudankozoShow all
Original titleIkite iru Magoroku