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Tsuyako

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 23 mins

  • Director: Mitsuyo Miyazaki
  • Writer: Christina Hammonds-Reed; Mitsuyo Miyazaki
  • Producer: Bob Fink; Miho Fukushima

CGiii Comment

Jesus - that ripe old argument AGAIN!

A woman is not a wife until she gives birth to a son...

Done well...but, tiresome.


Trailer...

 

The(ir) Blurb...

In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.

Cast & Characters

Sachiko Katsumata as Tsuyako;
Miho Fujima as Yoshie;
Sonoe Mizoguchi as Fune;
Shinji Ozeki as Kinya;
Chieko Ichikawa as Older Yoshie;
Yuki Kimura as Harue;
Sora Urata as Kiyoka;
Nanmi Ishida as Sumiko;
Itoka Tsuji as Midwife;
Lin Matsukawa as Mother at Train Station