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The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy

1951•1h 48m•5.1/10
Drama

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5.1/10(7)

The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.

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Production

Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Nakanuma

Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

Itsuko

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni

Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter

Yōko Katsuragi

Yōko Katsuragi

Mikako

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Ryôen Toba

Koreya Senda

Koreya Senda

Tsuyoshi Kitaura

Toshiko Kobayashi

Toshiko Kobayashi

Suzue

Kaoru Kusuda

Shin Tatsuoka

Editor-in-chief

Seiji Miyaguchi

Seiji Miyaguchi

Assistant editor

Ryuji Kita

Toshinosuke Nagao

Masami Maehata

Kunio Teshirogi

Yutaka Noguchi

Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi

Yoichi Osugi

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