The Village
12/04/1976
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
Movie Information
Chieko Baisho
as Hideko Kono
Akira Terao
as Takashi Saito
Masami Shimojō
as
Hideji Ōtaki
as
Hisashi Igawa
as
Chieko Misaki
as
Atom Shimojo
as
Tokuko Sugiyama
as
Masao Imafuku
as
Makoto Akatsuka
as
Yoshie Ichige
as
Mari Okamoto
as
Kazuhiko Kasai
as
Kenji Kimura
as
Akihiko Hanyû
as
Yoshiko Togawa
as
Katsuhiko Tamura
as
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as
