27 Feb 2003
Swimming Upstream
A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.
Akitsu Hot Springs
Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new.
Top Billed Cast
岡田茉莉子 Shinko
長門裕之 
山村聰 
宇野重吉 
東野英治郎 
小夜福子 
日高澄子 
吉田輝雄 
芳村真理 
桜むつ子 Geisha C
高橋とよ Geisha A
清川虹子 
殿山泰司 
Masako Nakamura 
神山繁 
小池朝雄 
名古屋章 
下元勉 
西村晃 
草薙幸二郎 Soldier A
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