01 Sep 2023
September 1923
Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.
Dancing Girls of Izu
A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story.
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美空ひばり 
石濱朗 Azusa Yumi 
片山明彦 
雪代敬子 
日守新一 
南美江 松本克平 
多々良純 
桜むつ子 
明石潮 
三島耕 
小林十九二 Satoshi Omiya Kaoru Nobe 
青木富夫 
水木涼子 
芦田伸介
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