Farewell to Dream
1956A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
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Shinji Tanaka
as Yôichi Akimoto
Yūko Mochizuki
as Yôichi's mother, Oshin
Takahiro Tamura
as Sudô
Yoshiko Kuga
as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Isuzu Yamada
as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
Eijirō Tōno
as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Shinichi Himori
Nobuo Nakamura
as Seiji's father, Haruo
Noriko Arita
Teruko Kishi
Noriko Kikuoki
as Yôichi's younger sister, Kazue
Kaoru Nobe
Ryôhei Ôno
as Seiji Harada
Shûichi Doki
Eiko Takamatsu
Kazuko Motohashi
Tazuko Kusaka
Chisato Kasuga
Makiko Oka
Toshihiro Mogi
Kunio Teshirogi
Masahiko Inoue
Toshio Shimamura
Mari Tanahashi
Shinichirō Minami
Miko Hirata
Kimiyo Ōtsuka
Yoshino Tani
Tami Yamamoto
Yasuto Takashima
Hideo Matsuno
Yasuyuki Suzuki