Kin no tamago: Golden Girl (1952)

9.0/10 • 107 min •

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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