This Madding Crowd


1h 41m 1964

Film Details

Also Known As
Aobeka monogatari
Release Date
Jan 1964
Premiere Information
New York opening: 16 Jun 1964
Production Company
Tokyo Eiga Co.
Distribution Company
Toho International, Inc.
Country
Japan
Screenplay Information
Based on a novel by Shugoro Yamamoto.

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

Synopsis

A professor goes to a fishing town near Tokyo to write about its old-fashioned ways. The people and situations that he observes include a reformed alcoholic who takes loving care of his crippled wife; the confusion of a newly married husband, whose wife refuses to have sex; the confrontation between a neglectful mother and her beggar daughter; and an old man who lives in a boat, remembering when his sweetheart waved to him as he worked.

Film Details

Also Known As
Aobeka monogatari
Release Date
Jan 1964
Premiere Information
New York opening: 16 Jun 1964
Production Company
Tokyo Eiga Co.
Distribution Company
Toho International, Inc.
Country
Japan
Screenplay Information
Based on a novel by Shugoro Yamamoto.

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

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Released in Japan as Aobeka monogatari.