Mar 04, 1957
118 min
Full-HD

Rice (1957)

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community creates friction amongst the proud residents.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Toei Company

Shinjirō Ehara

Eijirō Tōno

Yūko Mochizuki

Masako Nakamura

Izumi Hara

Isao Kimura

Hitomi Nakahara

Yoshiko Okada

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