SANMA NO AJI
An ageing widower sets out to find a husband for his devoted daughter when he learns that the daughter of his old tutor sacrificed her chance of marriage in order to care for her father.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Michiko Hirayama Shima Iwashita
- Shuhei Hirayama, Michiko's father Chishu Ryu
- Koichi, Hirayama's elder son Keiji Sada
- Akiko Hirayama, Koichi's wife Mariko Okada
- Yutaka Miura Teruo Yoshida
- Fusako Taguchi Noriko Maki
- Kazuo, Hirayama's younger son Shinichiro Mikami
- Shuzo Kawai Nobuo Nakamura
- Sakuma, the 'Gourd' Eijirô Tono
- Nobuko Kawai Kuniko Miyake
- bar hostess Kyoko Kishida
- Tamako Michiyo Tamaki
- Professor Susumu Horie Ryuji Kita
- . Toyo Takahashi
- . Fujio Suga
- Yoshitaro Sakamoto Daisuke Katô
- Tomoko, Sakuma's daughter Haruko Sugimura
- . Tsusai Sugawara
Credits
Direction
- Director Yasujiro Ozu
- Assistant Director Kozo Tashiro
Production
- Production Company Shochiku Co. Ltd.
- Producer Shizuo Yamanouchi
- Studio Shochiku Ofuna
Writing
- Screenplay Kogo Noda
- Screenplay Yasujiro Ozu
Photography
- Director of Photography Yuharu Atsuta
- Lighting Kenzo Ishiwatari
- Camera Assistant Motoshige Oikawa
Editing
- Editor Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Design
- Art Director Tatsuo Hamada
- Art Director Shigeo Hagiwara
Film processing
- Colour by Agfa-Shochikucolor
Music
- Music Ichirô Saitô
Sound
- Sound Recording Yoshisaburo Senoo