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The End of Summer
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Title: The End of Summer

Release Date: 29 Oct 1961

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Drama

Director: Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.

Production Companies: Takarazuka Eiga Company Ltd.

Overview: The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.

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Average Vote: 7.5 (93 votes)

Cast

  • Akiko: Setsuko Hara
  • Noriko: Yōko Tsukasa
  • Fumiko: Michiyo Aratama
  • Hisao: Keiju Kobayashi
  • Masao: Masahiko Shimazu
  • Isomura Eiichirou: Hisaya Morishige
  • Sasaki Tsune: Chieko Naniwa
  • Yuriko: Reiko Dan
  • Katou Shige: Haruko Sugimura
  • Kitagawa Yanosuke: Daisuke Katō
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