The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

1973•1h 58m•6.0/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(12)

Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.

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Production

TOHO, Tokyo Eiga

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Takeshi Kusaka

Takeshi Kusaka

Sayoko Ninomiya

Sayoko Ninomiya

Haruko Sugimura

Haruko Sugimura

Akio Tanaka

Masako Yagi

Masako Yagi

Ippei Kawashima

Torahiko Hamada

Torahiko Hamada

Hiroshi Mizushima

Masami Horiuchi

Masami Horiuchi

亀田秀紀

Kazuko Sakagami

Kazuko Sakagami

Shin Kishida

Shin Kishida

Shin Tatsuoka

Mika Katsuragi

Mika Katsuragi

Setsuko Kawaguchi

Hisakage Maehara

Satoshi Yamamoto

Toshio Hosoi

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