Drama Comedy
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset of WWII. The story is told mostly in vignettes as he is cared for by former students in his old age.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Takayama's Son
Hisashi Igawa
Takayama
Kyōko Kagawa
Professor's Wife
Tetsu Watanabe
Mitsuru Hirata
Tada
Akira Terao
Sawamura
Masuo Amada
Tatsuo Matsumura
Prof. Hyakken Uchida
Yoshitaka Zushi
Neighbor
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Man Who Bought the Land
Shigeo Katō
Stationmaster
Tomoko Otakara
Kinzō Sakura
Policeman
Eiji Bandō
Takeshi Kusaka
Dr. Kobayashi
George Tokoro
Amaki
Masahiko Tanimura
Shû Nakajima
Masayuki Yui
Kiriyama
Minoru Hirano
Kazuhiko Kasai
Kimihiro Reizei
Murayama
Takao Zushi
Kitamura
Noriko Honma
Old Lady Holding a Cat
Utaroku Miyakoya
Packhorse Driver
Mieko Suzuki
Fishmonger's Daughter
Tetsuo Yamashita
Landlord
Nobuto Okamoto
Ota
Norio Matsui
Akihiko Sugizaki
Ryûjirô Oki
Tetsuya Ito
Toshihiko Nakano

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