Overview
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a marriage for her with a disagreeable man whom she has rejected.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Tokyo
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Music
Music by Ichirō Saitō
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Fumiko HayashiNovel
- Sumie TanakaScreenplay
- Original title
- 稲妻
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 9, 1952
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Hideko TakamineKiyoko
Mitsuko MiuraMitsuko
Kyōko KagawaTsubomi
Chieko MurataNuiko
Jun NegamiShuzo
Eitarō OzawaTsunakichi
Kumeko UrabeOsei
Chieko NakakitaRitsu
Hisako TakihanaTome
Kenjiro UemuraRyuzo- Mariko SugiokaKatsura
- Osamu MaruyamaKasuke
Kaku TakashinaBus Driver- Tadashi Date
Kenichi Miyajima
Tsuneko Sudō- Nobuko Shingu
- Yumeko Takehisa
- Tsuchiyasu Kinohara
- Kan Takami
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