Movie: The Age of Beginnings

Top 10 Billed Cast

Susumu Fujita
藤田進

Goro Asahina

Setsuko Hara
原節子

Miyako Tomoda

Den Obinata
大日方傳

Editor (as Den Obinata)

Ureo Egawa
江川宇礼雄

Brother-In-law Kohei

Sōji Kiyokawa
清川荘司

Second Editor

Atsuko Ichinomiya
一の宮あつ子

Older Sister Kimiko

Satoko Date
伊達里子

Tsutako

Yūnosuke Itō
伊藤雄之助

Writer Matsuura

Zenichiro Kito
鬼頭善一郎

Yanosuke Maejima

Ko Yamamuro
山室耕

Writer Nemoto (as Ko Yamamuro)

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    A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.

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    1947-07-15

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