The Daphne

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 106 min
  • Premiere: 1966. October 1.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.

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Machiko Kyō

Kikuko (the eldest daughter)

Yōko Tsukasa

Umeko (the second daughter)

Reiko Dan

Sakura (the third daughter)

Yuriko Hoshi

Ayame (the fourth daughter)

Keiju Kobayashi

Ooka (Umeko's husband)

Yōsuke Natsuki

Nomura (Ayame's husband)

Tadao Takashima

Minegishi (Ooka's friend)

Makoto Satō

Goro (Kudo's younger brother)

Yasuo Tanabe

Tsuruo (the eldest son)

Natsuko Kahara

Asako (Ooka's mother)

Chōtarō Tōgin

Kondo (Tsuruo's friend)

Haruko Sugimura

Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)

Art

Iwao Akune

Art Direction

Camera

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Directing

Yasuki Chiba

Director

Shigeaki Takahashi

Assistant Director

Editing

Eiji Ooi

Editor

Lighting

Chōshirō Ishii

Lighting Technician

Production

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Executive Producer

Sound

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Yasuki Chiba

Screenplay

Zenzō Matsuyama

Screenplay

Art

Iwao Akune

Art Direction

Camera

Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography

Directing

Yasuki Chiba

Director

Shigeaki Takahashi

Assistant Director

Editing

Eiji Ooi

Editor

Lighting

Chōshirō Ishii

Lighting Technician

Production

Sanezumi Fujimoto

Executive Producer

Sound

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Recordist

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Writing

Yasuki Chiba

Screenplay

Zenzō Matsuyama

Screenplay