Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)
Overview
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Rentaro Mikuni
Yukiko Shimazaki
Hisako Takihana
Kazuo Masubuchi
Chieko Nakakita
Keiju Kobayashi
Bontarō Miake
Sadako Sawamura
Daisuke Inoue
Hiroshi Koizumi
Haruko Sugimura
Kyōko Kagawa
Setsuko Wakayama
Mariko Okada
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Kamatari Fujiwara
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