1954

2h 36m

7.7(86 votes)

Drama

Overview

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.

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59 members

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高峰秀子

Ôishi Sensei

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Hideki Gôko

Isokichi Okada - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Itsuo Watanabe

Takeichi Takeshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Makoto Miyagawa

Kichiji Tokuda - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Takeo Terashita

Tadashi Morioka - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Kunio Satô

Nita Aizawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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笠智衆

Otoko Sensei

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月丘夢路

Masuno

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田村高廣

Isokichi

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Toshiko Kobayashi

Sanae

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井川邦子

Matsue

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夏川静江

Ôishi Sensei no Haha

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浦辺粂子

Otoko Sensei no Tsuma

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清川虹子

Yorozuya

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浪花千栄子

Meshiya no Kamisan

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明石潮

Kôchô

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天本英世

Ôishi Sensei no Otto

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高原駿雄

Chiririn'ya

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小林十九二

Matsue no Chichi

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高橋とよ

Kobayashi Sensei

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Kimiyo Ōtsuka

Tamura Sensei

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Tazuko Kusaka

Matsue no Haha

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Kazuko Motohashi

Masuno no Haha

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Kayoko Terada

Kangofu

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Hiroko Ishii

Masuno Kagawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Yasuko Koike

Misako Nishiguchi - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Setsuko Kusano

Matsue Kawamoto - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Kaoko Kase

Sanae Yamaishi - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Yumiko Tanabe

Kotsuru Kabe - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Ikuko Kanbara

Fujiko Kinoshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Hiroko Uehara

Kotoe Katagiri - Bunkyôjô Jidai

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Hitoshi Gôko

Isokichi Okada - Honkô Jidai

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Shirô Watanabe

Takeichi Takeshita - Honkô Jidai

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Jun'ichi Miyagawa

Kichiji Tokuda - Honkô Jidai

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Takeaki Terashita

Tadashi Morioka - Honkô Jidai

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Takeshi Satô

Nita Aizawa - Honkô Jidai

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Shisako Ishii

Masuno Kagawa - Honkô Jidai

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Akiko Koike

Misako Nishiguchi in upper class

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Sadako Kusano

Matsue Kawamoto - Honkô Jidai

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Kayoko Kase

Sanae Yamaishi - Honkô Jidai

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Naoko Tanabe

Kotsuru Kabe - Honkô Jidai

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Toyoko Ozu

Fujiko Kinoshita - Honkô Jidai

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Masako Uehara

Kotoe Katagiri - Honkô Jidai

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Toyoko Shinohara

Misako

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Mayumi Minami

Kotsuru

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Rei Miura

Takeichi

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Yasukuni Toida

Kichiji

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大槻義一

Tadashi

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Tatsuo Shimizu

Nita

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Yoshiko Nagai

Kotoe

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Shôsuke Oni

Kyôin

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Nobuo Takagi

Kyôin

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Tsutomu Uemura

Kyôin

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Toshiyuki Yashiro

Ôishi Sensei no Ko - Daikichi

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Yutaka Yashiro

Ôishi Sensei no Ko - Daikichi - Yônenki

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Naoji Kinoshita

Jinan - Namiki

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Hisayuki Ukita

Jinan - Namiki - Yônenki

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Keiko Gôko

Chôjo - Yatsu

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木下惠介

(uncredited)

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