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Preparation for the Festival

Preparation for the Festival

1975•1h 57m•5.3/10
Drama

Ratings

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5.3/10(8)

Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.

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Production

Art Theatre Guild, Soeisha, Eiga Doujinsha

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jun Etoh

Jun Etoh

Tateo Oki

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Ryoko Kamioka

Rie Katsuragi

Mayumi Nakajima

Miki Sugimoto

Miki Sugimoto

Miyoko Nakajima

Haruko Mabuchi

Haruko Mabuchi

Tokiyo Oki

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Shigeyoshi Oki

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Shinkin bank manager

Sue Mitobe

Yasu Nakajima

Chisako Hara

Chisako Hara

Sakae Hattori

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Tomoko Mayama

Tomoko Mayama

Noshiko Shimamura

Yudai Ishiyama

Yudai Ishiyama

Sadakazu Nakajima

Ben Yuzawa

Kikuo Hattori

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

Shin Saito

Organizer

Kayoko Sebata

Ruriko

Chikako Natsumi

Reiko

Yasuhiko Ishizu

Yasuhiko Ishizu

Young man

Nigoshichi Shimouma

Kurenai Kanda

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