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A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946)

★ 6.0/10 82 min Drama Japan Japanese

Director: Mikio Naruse

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Description

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.

Top Cast

Susumu Fujita Goro Urashima

Hideko Takamine Akako Tatsuta

Hisako Yamane Otoko Goda

Ichirō Sugai

Eitarō Shindō

Tokue Hanazawa

Fusae Iida

Hideko Yanoshima