Kitakami yakyoku
1961Keisuke and Shizuko grew up by the Kitakami river and came to fall in love before they knew it. Eighteen years ago, Shizuko was left an orphan and was taken in by Keisuke's parents, who had raised her as their own child. At the riverside when the cherry blossoms are falling, Keisuke, now enrolled in university, promises Shizuko that he will tell his parents about them at the start of the summer vacation. He then sets off for Tokyo...
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Tamio Kawachi
as Keisuke Shirato
Chieko Matsubara
as Shizuko Suda
Yuji Odaka
as Ryoichi Yamada
Hiroshi Kondō
Yoshiko Nezu
as Akiko's friend A
Yuko Minakaze
as Akiko Yokota
Keiko Akashi
as Akiko's friend C
Shosei Muto
as Tadahiko Sugimoto
Fudeko Tanaka
as Keisuke's mother
Hiroshi Chō
as Newspaper reporter
Kosuke Hisamatsu
as Keisuke's father
Ikunosuke Koizumi
as Matchmaker
Nobue Shiina
as Akiko's friend B
Ikuko Kimuro
as Akiko's friend D
Sachiko Soma
as Keisuke's aunt
Masaru Kamiyama
as Debt collector 1
Hiroshi Chiyoda
as Hot spring resort clerk
Gen Mihama
as Debt collector 2
Teruaki Toki
as Track athlete 1
Yasuo Itoga
as Track athlete 3
Akira Nakao
as Student
Takeo Ono
as Magazine company division chief
Miyoko Ieneya
Kōji Yashiro
as Magazine company division chief