The Temptress and the Monk (1957)
Overview
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 2.711 |
Directed By
Eisuke Takizawa
Crew
Eisuke Takizawa
Izumi Kyōka
Toshio Yasumi
Masayuki Takagi
Minoru Yokoyama
Ko Fujibayashi
Masakazu Kamiya
Takashi Matsuyama
Masanori Tsujii
Yutaka Makino
Koreyoshi Kurahara
TOP CAST
Yumeji Tsukioka
The Temptress
Ryōji Hayama
Socho
Osamu Takizawa
Old Socho
Akitake Kōno
Medicine seller
Kenjiro Uemura
Traveler
Jun Hamamura
The Criminal
Kō Nishimura
Peasant
Seijiro Takano
Middle-aged monk
Keishichi Nakahara
Young monk
Ikuko Kimuro
Mountain girl
Tadashi Kobayashi
The Dwarf
Ichijirō Oya
Grandfather
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