Kin no tamago: Golden girl

1952 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Comedy

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Yukiko Shimazaki · Kazuo Masubuchi · Chieko Nakakita · Keiju Kobayashi · Sadako Sawamura · Daisuke Inoue · Hiroshi Koizumi · Haruko Sugimura · Kyôko Kagawa · Setsuko Wakayama · Mariko Okada · Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi · Kamatari Fujiwara · Ryo Ikebe · Kajirô Yamamoto · Setsuko Hara · Yôko Sugi · Toshirô Mifune · Rentarô Mikuni · Kenichi Enomoto · Sô Yamamura · Hiroshi Inagaki · Senkichi Taniguchi · Shirô Toyoda