In Search of Mother (1962)
Overview
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
Cast
Kinnosuke Nakamura
Banba no Chutaro
Hiroki Matsukata
Kanamachi no Hanjiro
Keiko Okawa
Otose
Michiyo Kogure
Ohama
Hitomi Nakahara
Onui
Isao Yamagata
Yosuke
Kensaku Hara
Kingoro
Shizue Natsukawa
Omura
Chieko Naniwa
Obah
Sadako Sawamura
Otora
Shin Tokudaiji
Kihachi
Kusuo Abe
Shichigoro
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Iseya
Harue Akagi
Ofumi
Ushio Akashi
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