The Age of Beginnings

The read

It runs a compact 1h 21m.

Synopsis

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.

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Key crew

• Kiyoshi SaekiDirector
• Ryûji NagamiWriter
• Fumio HayasakaOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Susumu FujitaGoro Asahina
• Setsuko HaraMiyako Tomoda
• Den ObinataEditor (as Den Obinata)
• Ureo EgawaBrother-In-law Kohei
• Sōji KiyokawaSecond Editor
• Atsuko IchinomiyaOlder Sister Kimiko
• Satoko DateTsutako
• Yūnosuke ItōWriter Matsuura
• Zenichiro KitoYanosuke Maejima
• Ko YamamuroWriter Nemoto (as Ko Yamamuro)
• Mitsuko YoshikawaOlder Sister Machiko

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