Top Cast
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Sayuri Yoshinaga
Tsuru (crane)
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Hideki Noda
Daiju
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Takuzō Kawatani
Umaemon
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Kirin Kiki
Yura
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Bunta Sugawara
Rich man
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Kyôko Kishida
Kichibi
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Koji Ishizaka
Narrator
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Michino Yokoyama
Nami
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Fujio Tokita
Hunter
Overview
Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...
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