On This Earth
地上
Release: 1957-11-22
·Runtime: 98m
Drama
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Daiei Film
Cast
Kyōko Kagawa
as Fuyuko
Manabu Morita
as Work Chief
Fumiko Okamura
as the landlady of Koryu-tei
Hitomi Nozoe
as Wakako Yoshikura
Kinuyo Tanaka
as Omitsu, Heiichiro's mother
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as Rokuemon - Heiichiro's grandfather
Kenji Oyama
as Toyama (Mayor)
Eiichi Takamura
as chief
Shin Saburi
as Ichiro Amano
Masaya Tsukida
as Yoshida
Osamu Takizawa
as Meichô
Eitarō Ozawa
as School master
Keizō Kawasaki
as Tokio, Wakako's brother
Kuniko Miyake
as Yoshie, Wakako's mum
Kyū Sazanka
as Mineya
Michiko Takano
as Ichiko - a maiko
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
as Heiichiro Okawa
Tamae Kiyokawa
as Tami - Mineya's wife
Mitsuko Takesato
as Yoshinio - Fukai's mother
Reiko Shirai
as Woman at Shumpûrô
Taiji Tonoyama
as Yajiro, Heiichiro's uncle
Mantarō Ushio
as Terashima
Toshiko Kisaragi
as Yoneko - a maiko
Hikaru Hoshi
as Keian
Masao Shimizu
as Tatsuzo, Wakako's dad
Kichijirō Ueda
as Tahei Nakamura
Bontarō Miake
as Moriyama
Kinzō Shin
as Satomiya - teacher
