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花笠太鼓

花笠太鼓

1956·Directed by Seiichi Fukuda·104 mins
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In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works as a delivery boy for the caterer "Yaoyorozu." His brother, Chōjirō, who disliked being a plasterer, ran away from home and became a subordinate of the yakuza Yamashita no Gonsuke. On a delivery, Sanshirō catches a vagrant child, Erippē, stealing a flower hairpin from Ochiyo, the daughter of the wealthy merchant Narumiyaya Bunzaimon. Impressed by Sanshirō's character, Bunzaimon considers him as a potential son-in-law for Ochiyo, who admires Sanshirō.

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Kōkichi Takada

Kōkichi Takada

三四郎

Chiemi Eri

Chiemi Eri

えりっペ

Achako Hanabishi

Achako Hanabishi

八百鶴の鶴吉

Shoji Nakayama

Shoji Nakayama

長次郎

Yukiko Ibuki

Yukiko Ibuki

お千代

Jūshirō Konoe

Jūshirō Konoe

山下の権蔵

都

都蝶々

お蝶

Yūji Nanto

Yūji Nanto

板前雄公

A-suke Akita

A-suke Akita

駕篭屋助八

B-suke Akita

B-suke Akita

駕篭屋権二

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