The Tale of Jiro

5.0
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 98 min
  • Premiere: 1955. October 25.

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.

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Shoji Nakayama

Teacher Asakura

Katsuyuki Ichige

Older Jiro

Shirō Watanabe

Older Kyoichi

Itsuo Watanabe

Older Shunzo

Natsuko Kahara

Grandmother

Kan Sugi

Grandfather

Ichiro Kodama

Dr. Aoki

Kōtarō Sugie

Elementary school teacher

Tsutomu Ichijo

Masaki's grandfather

Kinko Kato

Dr. Aoki's wife

Masako Fujimura

Masaki's grandmother

Art

Seiichi Toriizuka

Art Direction

Camera

Hiroshi Suzuki

Director of Photography

Directing

Teruo Ishii

Assistant Director

Editing

Toshio Goto

Editor

Lighting

Iwaji Hiraoka

Lighting Technician

Production

Manzo Shibata

Executive Producer

Sound

Ichirō Saitō

Original Music Composer

Tsukuru Kataoka

Sound Recordist

Writing

Kojin Shimomura

Original Story

Hiroshi Shimizu

Screenplay

Art

Seiichi Toriizuka

Art Direction

Camera

Hiroshi Suzuki

Director of Photography

Directing

Teruo Ishii

Assistant Director

Editing

Toshio Goto

Editor

Lighting

Iwaji Hiraoka

Lighting Technician

Production

Manzo Shibata

Executive Producer

Sound

Ichirō Saitō

Original Music Composer

Tsukuru Kataoka

Sound Recordist

Writing

Kojin Shimomura

Original Story

Hiroshi Shimizu

Screenplay