

Kah-chan
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The story
Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.
Cast & crew

Keiko Kishi
Okatsu

Ryuji Harada
Yukichi

Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Ichita

Kanae Katsuno
Osan

Yuta Yamazaki
Sannosuke
Masaki Iizumi
Jiro

Saburo Ishikura
Kumagoro

Isao Bitล
Gen-san

Baijaku Nakamura
Man in Coat

Ryudo Uzaki
Constable
Ryusho Shunputei
Old Man

Takashi Nishina
Constable
Korroke
Strange Man
Edoya Koneko
Merchant
Yukio Isohata
Cinematography

Kon Ichikawa
Director