Whistle in My Heart (Whistling in Kotan)
1959 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan
Hashimoto Shinobu wrote the script based on Ishimori Nobuo’s original story, which won prizes including the first Mimei Literature Award. Depicts an Ainu girl and her younger brother living in a Hokkaido kotan (Ainu village), as they overcome discrimination and poverty.
Direction Mikio Naruse
Cast Ken Yamauchi · Yoshiko Kôda · Masayuki Mori · Akira Takarada · Akira Kubo · Kumi Mizuno · Takashi Shimura · Kyû Sazanka · Yoshio Tsuchiya · Chieko Nakakita · Kôji Uruki · Yoshifumi Tajima · Kunio Ôtsuka · Bokuzen Hidari · Eiko Miyoshi · Fuyuki Murakami · Akira Sera
Soundtrack Akira Ifukube
Screenplay Shinobu Hashimoto · Nobuo Ishimori
Cinematography Masao Tamai
Original title Kotan no kuchibue
7.2
32 votes (FilmAffinity)
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