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The Village (1975)
Directed by Yoji Yamada
“Enjoy this little slice of what city people call”
Drama · 2h 07m
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
Cast
Chieko Baisho
Akira Terao
Masami Shimojō
Hideji Ōtaki
Hisashi Igawa
Chieko Misaki
Atom Shimojo
Tokuko Sugiyama
Masao Imafuku
Makoto Akatsuka
Yoshie Ichige
Mari Okamoto
Crew
- Director
- Yoji Yamada
- Writer
- Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama
- Director of Photography
- Tetsuo Takaha
- Original Music Composer
- Kyōko Okada
- Editor
- Iwao Ishii
Details
- Original title
- 同胞
- Release date
- 1975-10-25
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku