The Gentle Japanese (1971)

A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.

Cast (17)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

Shaka

Mako Midori

Jūzō Itami

S

Soichi Ito

Noguchi

Renji Ishibashi

Konishi

Keizo Kanie

Shige

M

Masaki Terada

Sakai

Rie Yokoyama

Maki

Misako Watanabe

Woman of the story

Shirō Ōtsuji

H

Hiroshi Hasegawa

T

Teruo Matsuyama

T

Takashi Sue

Man on the toilet

Torauemon Utazawa

Pharmacist

Hiroko Sakurai

Chieko Higashiyama

S

Satoshi Akihama

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