The Whole Family Works
6.7
7 votes
March 11, 1939
1h 5m
Overview
A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The fourth eldest is soon to graduate and follow in their footsteps, though he'd rather continue schooling. The eldest finally decides to break free and set out on his own against his parents' wishes, with the support and sympathy of his siblings.
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Cast
Musei Tokugawa
Ishimura
Noriko Honma
Ishimura's wifeAkira Ubukata
Kiichi, first sonKaoru Itō
Genji, second sonSeikichi Minami
Noboru, third sonTakeshi Hirata
Eisaku, fourth sonSeiichiro Bando
Kokichi, fifth sonKiyoko Wakaba
Hide, first daughter
Den Obinata
Ogawa - the teacherSumie Tsubaki
MitsukoJun Maki
Kiichi's goroup leaderKinji Fujiwa
Ishimura's fellow worker
Susumu Fujita
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