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A Woman's Life

8.0 94 mins 1962
Daiei Film  
Director(s): Yasuzō Masumura

Release Date: 18 Sun, Nov 1962

Based on Kaoru Morimoto oft performed 1945 play, a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo as Kei an abused orphaned girl that eventually finds sanctuary with a wealthy family that trades goods with China and becomes a successful businesswoman. Masumura dilutes the originally intended pro-Japan propaganda elements for a more anti-war approach.

Casts of A Woman's Life

Machiko Kyō

as Kei Nunobiki

Chieko Higashiyama

as Shizu Tsutsumi

Masaya Takahashi

as Shintaro Tsutsumi

Jirō Tamiya

as Eiji Tsutsumi

Yōko Uraji

as Souko Tsutsumi

Yuko Miki

as Fumi Tsutsumi

Eitarō Ozawa

as Shosuke Tsutsumi

Junko Kano

as Tomoei Tsutsumi

Jun Osanai

as Seizo Nomura

Kōichi Itō

as Inose

Jun Hamamura

as Miyoshi

Fumiko Murata

as Okura

Takako Ikegami

as Nobuko

Mitsuko Takesato

as Maiden Saki

Reiko Hibiki

as Maiden Mitsu

Tomoko Miura

as Maiden Kiyoshi

Yūzō Hayakawa

as Detective B

Yuji Yamanaka

as International student grandson

Masao Shimizu

as Dr. Daisaku Yoshie

Manabu Morita

as Army Major

Yasushi Sugita

as Matsunaga

Shō Natsuki

as Army captain

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