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Kah-chan

20010.0 / 1096 min
History, Drama

Overview

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.

Cast

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Okatsu

Ryuji Harada

Ryuji Harada

Yukichi

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Ichita

Saburo Ishikura

Saburo Ishikura

Baijaku Nakamura

Baijaku Nakamura

Kanae Katsuno

Kanae Katsuno

Yuta Yamazaki

Yuta Yamazaki

Crew

Natto Wada

Natto Wada

Writer

Yo Takeyama

Yo Takeyama

Writer

Kazuo Shimomura

Kazuo Shimomura

Gaffer

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Yoshinobu Nishioka

Production Design

Chizuko Osada

Chizuko Osada

Editor

Teiichi Saitô

Teiichi Saitô

Sound

Ryudo Uzaki

Ryudo Uzaki

Original Music Composer

Yukio Isohata

Yukio Isohata

Director of Photography

Kon Ichikawa

Kon Ichikawa

Director

Shūgorō Yamamoto

Shūgorō Yamamoto

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