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The Village

The Village

1976 127min JA

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”.

director: Yoji Yamada

cast: Chieko Baisho, Akira Terao, Masami Shimojō, Hideji Ōtaki

external: IMDb

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Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Hideko Kono

Akira Terao

Akira Terao

Takashi Saito

Masami Shimojō

Masami Shimojō

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki

Hisashi Igawa

Hisashi Igawa

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

Atom Shimojo

Atom Shimojo

Tokuko Sugiyama

Tokuko Sugiyama

Masao Imafuku

Masao Imafuku

Makoto Akatsuka

Makoto Akatsuka

Yoshie Ichige

Yoshie Ichige

Mari Okamoto

Mari Okamoto

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