Mother of the East
Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.
Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.
Yukichi Iwata
Omura
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Omura's Wife
Joji Oka
Ken (Omura's Son)
Mitsugu Fujii
Kanichi
Hiroko Kawasaki
Shizuko
Yoshiko Okada
Madame Osato (Ken's biological mother)
Sumiko Kurishima
Oshima
Hideo Fujino
Takagi (Businessman)
Yoshiko Kawada
Takagi's Wife
Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.
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