

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
User score
12 votes
Released
July 29, 1943
1h 22m
Japanese

Eitarō Ozawa
Shuzo

Ken Uehara
Tomekichi

Mitsuko Mito
Oharu

Chishū Ryū
Nobadama

Eijirō Tōno
Hayashida

Takeshi Sakamoto
Yôsuke Hanzawa
Ryôji Hirayu

Fusako Maki
Setsuyo

Chieko Higashiyama
Okano

Sachiko Murase
O-yuki

Kanji Kawara
Kesaji
Einosuke Naka
Policeman

Shirō Ōsaka
Eikichi
Morihiko Kezuka
Engineer
Toshio Shimamura
Janitor
Taeko Inoue
Yuki's child