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A Town of Love and Hope (1959)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 2M

Director : Nagisa Ōshima

Synopsis

A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched after Masuo sells his pigeons to her. However, after his scam is revealed, can these feelings truly remain the same?

Actors

Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Yuji
Yuki Tominaga
Yuki Tominaga
Kyôko
Kakuko Chino
Kakuko Chino
Miss Akiyama
Yūko Mochizuki
Yūko Mochizuki
Kuniko
Fujio Suga
Fujio Suga
Kuhara
Hiroshi Fujikawa
Hiroshi Fujikawa
Masao
Michio Ito
Michio Ito
Yasue
Noboru Sakashita
Noboru Sakashita
Taizô
Toyoko Uryû
Toyoko Uryû
Isako
Yôji Doki
Yôji Doki
Taiko Goto
Taiko Goto
Keiji Ueda
Keiji Ueda
Nobuo Takagi
Nobuo Takagi
Hisashi Taki
Hisashi Taki
Yoshino Tani
Yoshino Tani
Yasuko Goto
Yasuko Goto

Crews

Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Ōshima
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Ōshima
Writer
Riichirô Manabe
Riichirô Manabe
Original Music Composer
Hiroshi Kusuda
Hiroshi Kusuda
Director of Photography
Yoshi Sugihara
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Tomio Ikeda
Tomio Ikeda
Production Design
Kôji Uno
Kôji Uno
Art Direction
Michisaburô Yasuda
Michisaburô Yasuda
Set Decoration
Yoshie Taguchi
Yoshie Taguchi
Costume Design
Hitoshi Numao
Hitoshi Numao
Production Supervisor
Tsutomu Tamura
Tsutomu Tamura
Assistant Director
Kintarô Yamamoto
Kintarô Yamamoto
Set Designer
Shûjûrô Kurita
Shûjûrô Kurita
Sound
Ichiro Ishii
Ichiro Ishii
Sound Mixer

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