Film · Drama
On This Earth (1957)
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
- Director
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura
- Writers
- Seijirō Shimada, Kaneto Shindō
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Release date
- November 22, 1957
- Original title
- 地上
Cast
Hiroshi KawaguchiHeiichiro Okawa
Hitomi NozoeWakako Yoshikura
Kinuyo TanakaOmitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Kyōko KagawaFuyuko
Keizō KawasakiTokio, Wakako's brother
Shin SaburiIchiro Amano
Taiji TonoyamaYajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Ryōsuke KagawaRokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather
Masao ShimizuTatsuzo, Wakako's dad
Kuniko MiyakeYoshie, Wakako's mum
Kyū SazankaMineya
Tamae KiyokawaTami - Mineya's wife
Kichijirō UedaTahei Nakamura
Fumiko MurataKin - Tahei's wife
Masaya TsukidaYoshida- Keiko AnjôMichiko - Yoshda's sister
- Yosuke IrieFukai
Mitsuko TakesatoYoshinio - Fukai's mother
Osamu TakizawaMeichô
Kenji OyamaToyama (Mayor)
