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In Search of Mother (1931)

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Runtime : 1H 5M

Director : Hiroshi Inagaki

Synopsis

His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried that she might be living in misery, he saves his money to help, only to find that she has married into wealth and social position and has no intention of seeing her outcast Yakuza son...

Actors

Chiezō Kataoka
Chiezō Kataoka
Chutaro
Misako Tokiwa
Misako Tokiwa
Ohama
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Otose
Shinpachirō Asaka
Shinpachirō Asaka
Hanji
Haruko Sawamura
Haruko Sawamura
Otora
Etsuko Yasukawa
Etsuko Yasukawa
Omura
Suzuko Kasuga
Suzuko Kasuga
Onui
Michisaburo Segawa
Michisaburo Segawa
Kingoro
Waichi Narimatsu
Waichi Narimatsu
Kihachi
Hajime Morita
Hajime Morita
Shichigorō

Crews

Hiroshi Inagaki
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Shin Hasegawa
Shin Hasegawa
Novel
Hiroshi Inagaki
Hiroshi Inagaki
Writer
Hideo Ishimoto
Hideo Ishimoto
Director of Photography

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