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Morning's Tree-Lined Street

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

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Morning's Tree-Lined Street

1936

1h 0m

6.7(7 votes)

Drama

Overview

After some fruitless career hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighbourhood tavern where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name...

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P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sachiko Chiba

Sachiko Chiba

Chiyo

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Heihachirō Ōkawa

Ogawa

Ranko Akagi

Shigeyo (Hisako)

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Fusako

Satoko Date

Mitsuko

Hatsuko Natsume

Tamae Kiyokawa

Tamae Kiyokawa

Madame at café

Kō Mihashi

Chiyo's father

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Madame's husband

Misao Yamaguchi

Chiyo's mother

Creative team

Directed by: Mikio Naruse
Written by: Mikio Naruse

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