Kitakami yakyoku

Original title: 北上夜曲

Duration: 62 min

Release date: 1961-05-22

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Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was taken in by Keisuke's parents, who had raised her as their own child. At the riverside when the cherry blossoms are falling, Keisuke, now enrolled in university, promises Shizuko that he will tell his parents about them at the start of the summer vacation. He then sets off for Tokyo...

Romance Drama

北上夜曲

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as Keisuke Shirato

Chieko Matsubara

Chieko Matsubara

as Shizuko Suda

as Ryoichi Yamada

as Akiko's friend A

as Akiko Yokota

as Akiko's friend C

as Tadahiko Sugimoto

as Keisuke's mother

as Newspaper reporter

Kosuke Hisamatsu

Kosuke Hisamatsu

as Keisuke's father

Ikunosuke Koizumi

Ikunosuke Koizumi

as Akiko's friend B

as Akiko's friend D

as Keisuke's aunt

Masaru Kamiyama

Masaru Kamiyama

as Debt collector 1

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Hiroshi Chiyoda

as Hot spring resort clerk

as Debt collector 2

as Track athlete 1

as Track athlete 3

as Magazine company division chief

as Magazine company division chief

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Director of Photography

Isamu Takahashi

Isamu Takahashi

Lighting Technician

Toshimi Katagiri

Toshimi Katagiri

Sound Recordist

Yoshinaga Yoko'o

Yoshinaga Yoko'o

Atsushi Fujiura

Atsushi Fujiura

Assistant Director

Yoshitsugu Nakajima

Yoshitsugu Nakajima

Seiichi Mawatari

Seiichi Mawatari

Original Music Composer

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