Undercurrent

Undercurrent

1956•1h 44m•6.2/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(13)

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

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Production

Daiei Film

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Fujiko Yamamoto

Fujiko Yamamoto

Kiwa Funaki

Ken Uehara

Ken Uehara

Yukio Takemura

Keizō Kawasaki

Keizō Kawasaki

Goro Okamoto

Michiko Ai

Setsuko

Kazuko Ichikawa

Kazuko Ichikawa

Atsuko Takemura

Michiko Ono

Michiko Ono

Miyo Funaki

Shunji Natsume

Kiyoyoshi Funaki

Yoichi Funaki

Hayasaka

Hikaru Hoshi

Hikaru Hoshi

Sakuraya

Kaketsu Yamacha

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Yujiro Funaki

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

Shinoda

Kimiko Tachibana

Kimiko Tachibana

Mitsu Funaki

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Yōko Wakasugi

Kaiyotei Mistress

Mineko Yorozuyo

Yasu

Teruyo Asagumo

Wife

Ichirō Amano

Saburo Date

Saburo Date

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