Ôban (1957)

9.0/10 • 118 min • Comedy

Overview

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi's novel, Oban.

Cast

Daisuke Katō

Ushinosuke Akaba

Chikage Awashima

Seizaburō Kawazu

Eijirō Yanagi

Setsuko Hara

Keiju Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Sadako Sawamura

Tane, Ushinosuke's Mother

Hiroshi Tachikawa

Eijirō Tōno

Norihei Miki

Akihiko Hirata

Ichirō Arishima

Haruo Tanaka

Noodle Shop Owner

Gen Shimizu

Minosuke Yamada

Murata

Zeko Nakamura

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