Feature1975·127m·7.4

The Village

Enjoy this little slice of what city people call

Drama

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.

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Cast

Chieko Baisho

Hideko Kono

Akira Terao

Takashi Saito

Masami Shimojō

Hideji Ōtaki

Hisashi Igawa

Chieko Misaki

Atom Shimojo

Tokuko Sugiyama

Masao Imafuku

Makoto Akatsuka

Yoshie Ichige

Mari Okamoto

Kazuhiko Kasai

Kenji Kimura

Akihiko Hanyû

Yoshiko Togawa

Katsuhiko Tamura

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Details

Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Shochiku

Crew

Director

Yoji Yamada

Writers

Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama

Tetsuo Takaha

Director of Photography

Iwao Ishii

Editor

Kyōko Okada

Original Music Composer

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