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'Nendo no omen' yori: kaachan

IMDb ID: tt0361269 · Year: 1961 · Rating: 7.5 (32 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama

Yoshigoro the tinsmith looks unsuccessfully for work in postwar Tokyo. His wife Oyuki must beg his former employers for loans. Her neighbors are also faring poorly; one has a terminally ill wife, another a depressed daughter. Yosh...

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesJapan: 「粘土のお面」より かあちゃん (Japanese)
Hong Kong: 「粘土面具」之媽媽 (Mandarin, Festival Title)
Hong Kong: Kaachan (English, Festival Title)
「粘土のお面」より かあちゃん
Release Date1961-03-15Runtime88 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews0Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsJapanLanguagesJapaneseKeywordspost war
childhood
based on novel
Production CompaniesShintoho Film Distribution CommitteeIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361269/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0361269.jpgUpdated At2026-05-16T23:35:18

Stars

Yūnosuke Itō
Yūko Mochizuki
Terumi Niki
Masako Fujimura
Keiko Hamano
Kikuko Hanaoka
Hiroshi Hayashi
Rei Ishikawa
Akira Katô
Yoshiko Katô

Directors

Nobuo Nakagawa

Writers

Masako Toyoda

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Yūnosuke Itō | Character: Toyoda Yoshigurô
Actor: Yūko Mochizuki | Character: Wife Oyuki
Actor: Terumi Niki | Character: Masako
Actor: Masako Fujimura | Character: Keikichi's mother
Actor: Keiko Hamano | Character: Toshie Kanetani
Actor: Kikuko Hanaoka | Character: Tosihe's mother
Actor: Hiroshi Hayashi | Character: Ikedo
Actor: Rei Ishikawa | Character: Actor
Actor: Akira Katô | Character: Tomezô
Actor: Yoshiko Katô | Character: Actress
Actor: Shûji Kawabe | Character: Actor
Actor: Eijirô Kawai | Character: Toshie's father
Actor: Noriko Kitazawa | Character: Kimura Yoshiko
Actor: Ryô Kuromaru | Character: Keikichi
Actor: Kôichi Miya | Character: Actor
Actor: Akira Nakamura | Character: Vice principle
Actor: Akemi Nishi | Character: Yamazaki's wife
Actor: Ryûji Oki | Character: Actor
Actor: Shin Suzuki | Character: Little Sei
Actor: Keiko Tachibana | Character: Yoshida's maid
Actor: Jun Tazaki | Character: Actor
Actor: Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru | Character: Yamazaki
Actor: Akihide Tsuzawa | Character: Little Toshi
Actor: Ken Utsui | Character: Policeman
Actor: Nagamasa Yamada | Character: Sodô
Actor: Akiko Yamashita | Character: Yoshida's wife
Actor: Eiko Ôhara | Character: Actress

[Directors Group]
Name: Nobuo Nakagawa | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Masako Toyoda | Role: Writer

[Music Group]
Name: Chûji Kinoshita | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Yoshimi Hirano | Role: Cinematographer

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Kichitarô Shibata | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Nobuo Hôji | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

Trailers

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Release Schedule

Japan: March 15, 1961
Hong Kong: April 15, 2006 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)

Awards

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Box Office

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