Fresh
[A] dense and beautiful work.
Elliott Stein, Village Voice
Overview
Yukie, the well-bred daughter of a university professor, is shocked when her father is relieved of his post for his political teachings during a purge of anti-militarism in pre-war Kyoto. Years go by as she is courted by two of her father's former students; one a fiery leftist, the other more moderate and equable.
Director and cast
- Akira Kurosawa Director
- Setsuko Hara as Yukie Yagihara
- Susumu Fujita as Ruykichi Noge
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Professor Yagihara
- Haruko Sugimura as Madame Noge
- Eiko Miyoshi as Madame Yagihara
- Kokuten Kōdō as Mr. Noge
- Akitake Kōno as Itokawa
- Takashi Shimura as Police Commissioner 'Poison Strawberry' Dokuichigo
- Taizō Fukami as Minister of Education
- Masao Shimizu as Professor Hakozaki
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