A Modern Samurai Village (1963)

Plot Summary

Tajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment in a big city. But the beautiful home she had imagined is in a slum area called Samurai Village, a little settlement, where people live from hand to mouth. To make things worse, a group of vagrants descends on the already crowded ragpickers' village. The sight depresses and saddens little Yumi, but when her father gives up drinking, it makes up for everything in her eyes, and when he runs past liquor shops to avoid temptation, Yumi's laughter rings out merrily again. A unique social drama depicting the growth of a new generation that confronts the world of adults full of vanity in the image of a girl living in poverty.

Full Cast & Characters

Mitsuo Hamada

Makita

Shoichi Ozawa

Tajima Taichi

Yōko Minamida

Yasu Tajima

Midori Tashiro

Keiko Ishikawa

Kayo Matsuo

Hiroko Ri

Emiko Azuma

Kaneko

Kichijirō Ueda

Kuma

Fudeko Tanaka

Zunda no Kamisan

Chieko Misaki

Aunt Miyoshi

Suzuko Tanaka

Yumi Tajima

日岸喜美子

Director & Crew

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