Ôban

Original title: 大番

Duration: 118 min

Release date: 1957-03-05

IMDB

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.

Comedy

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as Ushinosuke Akaba

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

Seizaburō Kawazu

Seizaburō Kawazu

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

as Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Ichirō Arishima

Ichirō Arishima

as Noodle Shop Owner

Minosuke Yamada

Minosuke Yamada

as Ushikichi, Ushinosule's father

Chūzaburō Wakamiya

Chūzaburō Wakamiya

Yutaka Nakayama

Yutaka Nakayama

as Noodle Shop Owner

as Chaplin's Wife

as Maki's Mother

Shōichi Hirose

as The Man On The Train

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Taiichi Kankura

Taiichi Kankura

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Ryōzō Kasahara

Production Design

Assistant Director

Lighting Technician

Hisashi Shimonaga

Hisashi Shimonaga

Sound Recordist

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