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This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 68GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.8
Running time
2 h 25 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +36 min on the typical 109
typical 109145Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1984
January 14, 1984
42 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
18 of 18
Yūko NatoriTsuya Shimamura
Aki MizusawaShima Shimamura
Mariko OkadaSei Shimamura
Ayako KobayashiSei as a girl
Kōjirō KusanagiSei's uncle
Tomiko IshiiMidwife- MMMineko MaruhiraNeighborhood lady
- MWMitsue WakabayashiSei's grandmother
- KTKayoko TominagaKura Shimamura
Mieko HoshinoNeighborhood lady- ASAki SawaNeighborhood lady
- MTMayumi TokunagaNeighborhood lady
- MEMayumi EdaWaitress
- KNKeiko NanaseGirl
- HTHiroshi TanakaPostman
Michihiro KinoshitaRickshaw man- MAMakoto AsaiRickshaw man
Etsuko IchiharaNarrator (voice)
Directing · 2
- Sadao Nakajima Director
- Akira Shimizu Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Hirō Matsuda Screenplay
- Tomiko Miyao Original Story
Camera · 1
- Fujio Morita Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Isamu Ichida Editor
Sound · 3
- Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
- Hideto Kuriyama Sound Recordist
- Teruhiko Arakawa Sound Mixer
Art · 2
- Norimichi Igawa Art Direction
- Yoshikazu Sano Art Direction
Lighting · 1
- Yoshiaki Masuda Lighting Technician
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