Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.
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Machiko Kyō
Okatsu
Koji Tsuruta
Tomoshichi
Michiko Ono
Oyae
Kazuko Ichikawa
Kikuko
Chieko Higashiyama
Owasa
Keizō Kawasaki
Hisao
Daisuke Katō
Matsukichi
Osamu Maruyama
Ichizaburo
Kumeko Urabe
Okô
Tominosuke Hayama
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