With Wife, Children, and Friends (1961)

0.0/10 • 156 min • Drama

Overview

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.

Cast

Keiji Sada

Yonesaku Nihei

Minoru Ōki

Saburota Henmi

Hizuru Takachiho

Nobuko

Miyuki Kuwano

Michiyo

Masahiko Tsugawa

Ryushiro Henmi

Tōru Abe

Hoshino

Noriko Maki

Setsuko Tamiya

Shinichirō Mikami

Akio

Mitsuko Mito

Takiyo Sugawa

Fujio Suga

Inspector Honda

Kōji Mitsui

Takamaru Sasaki

Shinzo Matsuyama

Hisao Toake

Jukichi Kanai

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