
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
Director:

Eitarō Ozawa
Shuzo

Ken Uehara
Tomekichi

Mitsuko Mito
Oharu

Chishū Ryū
Nobadama

Eijirō Tōno
Hayashida

Takeshi Sakamoto

Yôsuke Hanzawa
Ryôji Hirayu

Fusako Maki
Setsuyo

Chieko Higashiyama
Okano

Sachiko Murase
O-yuki

Kanji Kawara
Kesaji

Einosuke Naka
Policeman

Shirō Ōsaka
Eikichi

Morihiko Kezuka
Engineer

Toshio Shimamura
Janitor

Taeko Inoue
Yuki's child