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On This Earth

Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.

1957 |1h 38m |  Drama

Cast

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Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Heiichiro Okawa

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Hitomi Nozoe

Wakako Yoshikura

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Kinuyo Tanaka

Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother

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Kyōko Kagawa

Fuyuko

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Keizō Kawasaki

Tokio, Wakako's brother

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Shin Saburi

Ichiro Amano

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Taiji Tonoyama

Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle

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Ryōsuke Kagawa

Rokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather

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Masao Shimizu

Tatsuzo, Wakako's dad

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Kuniko Miyake

Yoshie, Wakako's mum

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Kyū Sazanka

Mineya

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Tamae Kiyokawa

Tami - Mineya's wife

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Kichijirō Ueda

Tahei Nakamura

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Masaya Tsukida

Yoshida

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Osamu Takizawa

Meichô

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Kenji Oyama

Toyama (Mayor)

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Bontarō Miake

Moriyama

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Mantarō Ushio

Terashima

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Fumiko Okamura

the landlady of Koryu-tei

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Kinzō Shin

Satomiya - teacher

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Eitarō Ozawa

School master

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Eiichi Takamura

chief

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Reiko Shirai

Woman at Shumpûrô

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Michiko Takano

Ichiko - a maiko

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Hikaru Hoshi

Keian

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

Budget

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