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The Tale of Jiro

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1955-10-25
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Studios: Shintoho Company,


Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.

Director / Directors

Teruo Ishii
Assistant Director


Cast

Michiyo Kogure
Character: Oyoshi
Yūko Mochizuki
Character: Ohama

Ichirō Ryūzaki
Character: Shunsuke
Junko Ikeuchi
Character: Haruko
Shoji Nakayama
Character: Teacher Asakura

Koji Osawa
Character: Jiro
Katsuyuki Ichige
Character: Older Jiro
Yukio Tomoyama
Character: Kyoichi

Shirô Watanabe
Character: Older Kyoichi
Shozo Ikehara
Character: Shunzo
Itsuo Watanabe
Character: Older Shunzo

Natsuko Kahara
Character: Grandmother
Hiroshi Tsukiji
Character: Naokichi

Ryutaro Nagai
Character: Kansaku
Kan Sugi
Character: Grandfather
Ichiro Kodama
Character: Dr. Aoki

Kōtarō Sugie
Character: Elementary school teacher
Tsutomu Ichijo
Character: Masaki's grandfather
Kinko Kato
Character: Dr. Aoki's wife

Masako Fujimura
Character: Masaki's grandmother


Production and Crew

Kojin Shimomura
Original Story
Hiroshi Kataoka
Sound Recordist

Seiichi Toriizuka
Art Direction
Hiroshi Suzuki
Director of Photography
Manzo Shibata
Executive Producer

Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Iwaji Hiraoka
Lighting Technician