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73 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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New Tokyo March
1953 1h 37m JA
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★9.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant owner—but whose romantic lives intersect. (MoMA)
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Teiji Takahashi
Takashi Masago
Yatarō Kitagami
Saburô Hayashi
Toshiko Kobayashi
Fumiko Ichinose
Tatsuya Mihashi
Shirō Ōsaka
Tsuri Numao
Kokinji Katsura
Fujio Suga
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Yūzō Kawashima
- Writers
- Ruiju Yanagisawa
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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The take
Yūzō Kawashima directs. Chūji Kinoshita scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 173 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Original score by Chūji Kinoshita. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Teiji Takahashi and Yatarō Kitagami and Toshiko Kobayashi carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0427854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Original score
- Chūji Kinoshita
- Runtime
- 97 min · 1h 37m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Yūzō Kawashima
Production companies
Who made it
Shochiku
JP
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1953-04-01
Also known as
International titles
- New Tokyo MarchUS
- Shin Tokyo koshin-kyokuJP
