The Living Magoroku
A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.
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A superstitious farming family is hesitant to use its fields to grow crops to help feed the nation’s troops. Keisuke Kinoshita’s rural drama was made to promote the war effort, but his story branches off in many directions, including one subplot about the family’s heirloom samurai sword and another about a blossoming young romance.
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- Director
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Starring
- Ken Uehara, Fumiko Katsuragi, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Yasumi Hara, Kurumi Yamabato, Toshio Hosokawa, Reikichi Kawamura, Tokusaburo Miyako
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