The Hill Which Sounds of The Bell (Part I)
1948 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan
First film in a three part series. Dramatization of the popular radio drama of the same title. While searching for his one and only brother after returning home from WWII, a young man named Shu¯hei meets a war orphan named Ryu¯ta. Feeling sorry for their pitiful conditions, Shu¯hei decides to build a home for the orphans in his hometown. Shu¯hei, however, must still overcome numerous obstacles including Ryu¯ta's continuing grief and finding his missing brother.
Direction Keisuke Sasaki
Cast Tatsuyoshi Ehara · Hiro'o Fukazawa · Yuriko Hanabusa · Ikuko Hirano · Choko Iida · Masao Inoue · Kazuko Itô · Shôji Maeda · Masayuki Moto'o · Yoriaki Nosaka · Kaoru Onodera · Chishu Ryu · Keiji Sada · Yukio Shibata · Ichiro Sugai · Akira Kubo · Taeko Takasugi · Isamu Yamaguchi · Yoshito Yamaji · Tomiko Ôtsuka
Soundtrack Yuji Koseki
Screenplay Kazuo Kikuta · Ryôsuke Saitô
Cinematography Toshiyasu Morita
Original title Kane no naru oka - Dai ippen: Ryûta no maki
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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