Keisuke Kinoshita

Morning for the Osone Family

Morning for the Osone Family

Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought tale about a liberal-minded Japanese family torn apart by war and imperialist politics. Morning for the Osone Family is both palpably bitter about the nation’s fresh wartime wounds and inspiringly hopeful about a democratic tomorrow.

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Film Info

  • Japan
  • 1946
  • 81 minutes
  • Black & White
  • 1.33:1
  • Japanese

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Collector's Set

Eclipse Series 41: Kinoshita and World War II

Kinoshita and World War II

DVD Box Set

5 Discs

$55.96

Morning for the Osone Family
Cast
Haruko Sugimura
Fusako Osone
Eitaro Ozawa
Issei Osone
Mitsuko Miura
Yuko Osone
Shin Tokudaiji
Taiji Osone
Shiro Osaka
Takashi Osone
Toshinosuke Nagao
Ichiro Osone
Junji Masuda
Akira Minari
Eijiro Tono
Ippei Yamaki
Credits
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Produced by
Tatsuo Hosoya
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
Cinematography
Hiroshi Kusuda

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