Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale.
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| Hideko Takamine | ... |
Ine Onoda
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Chieko Takehisa | ... |
Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
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| Kamatari Fujiwara | ... |
Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
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Kaoru Futaba | ... |
Ei, Ine's grandmother
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Takeshi Hirata | ... |
Toyokazu Onoda, Ine's older brother
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Toshio Hosoi | ... |
Kinjiro Onoda, Ine's younger brother
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Setsuko Ichikawa | ... |
Tsuru Onoda, Ine's little sister
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Sadao Maruyama | ... |
Master Yamashita, the teacher
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| Sadako Sawamura | ... |
Kikuko Yamashita
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Yoshio Kosugi | ... |
Zenzo Sakuma
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Tsuruko Mano | ... |
Mrs. Sakuma
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Ayako Matsuoka | ... |
Their daughter
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| Sôji Kiyokawa | ... |
Mr. Sakamoto
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Jun Masaki | ... |
Horse buyer
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Tokiichirô Ôsaki | ... |
Horse Buyer
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Hajime Hikari | ... |
Horse Seller
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Yôji Misaki | ... |
Horse Seller
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Shinsuke Namiki | ... |
Horse Seller
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Shunjûrô Sawamura | ... |
Prayer
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Kyokuyô Tamai | ... |
Community Leader
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Takashi Narita | ... |
Young Man
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Hiroshi Yanagiya | ... |
Young Man
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Directed by
| Kajirô Yamamoto | ||
Written by
| Akira Kurosawa | ... | () (uncredited) |
| Kajirô Yamamoto | ... | () |
Music by
| Shigeaki Kitamura | ||
Cinematography by
| Takeo Itô | ||
| Hiromitsu Karasawa | ||
| Akira Mimura | ||
| Hiroshi Suzuki | ||
Editing by
| Akira Kurosawa | ||
Production Design by
| Takashi Matsuyama | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ishirô Honda | ... | chief assistant director |
| Akira Kurosawa | ... | assistant director / second unit director |
Sound Department
| Tomohisa Higuchi | ... | sound |
Additional Crew
| Jun Maki | ... | equestrian supervisor |
| Shoichiro Ozaki | ... | equestrian supervisor |
Production Companies
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- Toho (1941) (Japan) (theatrical)
- R5/S8 (1986) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Toho Film Distributing Co. Ltd.
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- Toho Studios (sound stages)
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Kurosawa's last film as an Assistant Director. But he directed some scenes and finished the movie for Kajiro Yamamoto. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in A.K. (1985). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Uma See more » |