25 Dec 1999
Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
Strong Women, Weak Men
After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become hostesses at a cabaret.
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乙羽信子 Fumiko
Eiko Yamagishi Kimiko
殿山泰司 Zenzo
観世栄夫 Gonbee
草野大悟 Kawahara
川口敦子 Omitsu
浜田寅彦 Kumagai
戸浦六宏 Chief
Kozo Yamamura Masaru Miyata 毛利菊枝 若宮忠三郎 Yoshinobu Ogawa 
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