A Modern Samurai Village (1963) - Double Feature

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Tajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment in a big city. But the beautiful home she had imagined is in a slum area called Samurai Village, a little settlement, where people live from hand to mouth. To make things worse, a group of vagrants descends on the already crowded ragpickers' village. The sight depresses and saddens little Yumi, but when her father gives up drinking, it makes up for everything in her eyes, and when he runs past liquor shops to avoid temptation, Yumi's laughter rings out merrily again. A unique social drama depicting the growth of a new generation that confronts the world of adults full of vanity in the image of a girl living in poverty.


Main Cast: Mitsuo Hamada, Shoichi Ozawa, Yôko Minamida, Midori Tashiro, Kayo Matsuo, Emiko Azuma, Kichijirō Ueda, Fudeko Tanaka, Chieko Misaki, Suzuko Tanaka

Director: Mitsuo Wakasugi

Writer: Shōhei Imamura

Editor: Mutsuo Tanji

Cinematographer: Kan Inoue


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