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(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home

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Released:1955-06-21

Runtime:129

Overview

Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes the owner of "Fujimura" in the town of Hato. Eiko is a timid woman who hates Terada, a watchmaker who is obsessed with her; Tamie is a hard worker who asks for money from customers to support her mother and daughter Teruko; Tane, who dreams of the day they can be together, gives money to her lover Takeda; Machiko, an apres girl, is selective about her customers in the name of romance. They are women working in the red light district at "Fujimura."


Cast:

Mariko Okada

Character: Suzuyo

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Kinuyo Tanaka

Character: Oshige

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Keiko Awaji

Character: Eiko

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Hideko Takamine

Character: Machiko

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Bokuzen Hidari

Character: Florist

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Hisaya Morishige

Character: Denkichi Yoshida

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Mitsuko Mito

Character: Chiyoko

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Kumeko Urabe

Character: Masa

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Kamatari Fujiwara

Character: Old Man

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Terumi Niki

Character: Teruko

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Yōko Katsuragi

Character: Unnamed

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Asami Kuji

Character: Tamie

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Hiroshi Tachikawa

Character: Murai

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Zeko Nakamura

Character: Unnamed

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