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Ai Sureba Koso

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Calorie Rating: 118
Released: 1955-07-05
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Studios: Dokuritsu Eiga,


The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who bears the unbearable burden of caring for her family. Tomiko's father has been unable to find work for a long time, and her older sister is terminally ill—it is unlikely that she will ever recover. To feed her family, Tomiko runs around the city from morning until late at night selling flowers... The second novella (dir. Tadashi Imai) also depicts the lives of the poor. An unfamiliar girl brings young Kavano a letter from his mother. It turns out that the girl's name is Kuniko, she is very hardworking, but her family is dying of hunger. Therefore, her mother decided to send Kuniko to her son so that he would marry her. The short story is called "The Unexpected Bride." The third short story, which gave the film its title, is particularly interesting: "When You Love" (dir. Satsuo Yamamoto). It shows the family of a young peace activist.

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Cast

Nobuko Otowa
Character: Michie (segment 1)
Yoshiko Machida
Character: Tamiko (segment 1)
Taketoshi Naitō
Character: Kôno (segment 2)

Kyōko Kagawa
Character: Kuniko (segment 2)
Isuzu Yamada
Character: Yaeko (segment 3)
Sō Yamamura
Character: Gorô (segment 3)

Taiji Tonoyama
Character: Bartender (segment 1)
Fudeko Tanaka
Character: Tamiko's mother (segment 1)
Takashi Kanda
Character: Master (segment 1)

Shinsuke Ashida
Character: Customer (segment 1)
Yasumi Hara
Character: Customer (segment 1)
Kunio Mita
Character: Customer (segment 1)

Yasushi Nagata
Character: Customer (segment 1)
Etsuji Oki
Character: Costomer (segment 1)
Yukiko Ieda
Character: Hostess (segment 1)

Kaneko Ishii
Character: Hostness (segment 1)
Satomi Hosono
Character: Hostess (segment 1)
Toyo Takahashi
Character: Concierge (segment 2)

Toshio Takahara
Character: Furuno (segment 2)
Katsuhiko Ide
Character: Morikawa (segment 2)
Chieko Higashiyama
Character: Kuniko's mother (segment 2) (voice)

Eitarō Ozawa
Character: Kuniko's brother (segment 2) (voice)
Kei Taguchi
Character: Shigeru (segment 3)
Yoshiko Kuga
Character: Yumiko (segment 3)

Hatae Kishi
Character: Toshiko (segment 3)
Sanae Nakahara
Character: Minako (segment 3)


Production and Crew

Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay

Takero Itō
Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer

Hisao Itoya
Producer

Zenpei Saga
Producer
Taizô Kawashima
Production Design

Takashi Marumo
Art Direction
Kazuo Kubo
Production Design
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography

Takashi Marumo
Production Design
Takeo Itō
Director of Photography

Shunichirō Nakao
Director of Photography