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Akitsu Hot Springs

Akitsu Hot Springs

19626.51h 53m

Overview

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
Written by Shinji Fujiwara, Yoshishige Yoshida
Produced by Mariko Okada
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Top Cast

Mariko Okada

Mariko Okada

Shinko

Hiroyuki Nagato

Hiroyuki Nagato

Shusaku Kawamoto

So Yamamura

So Yamamura

Mikami

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Kenkichi Matsumiya

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Priest

Fukuko Sayo

Fukuko Sayo

Osumi

Sumiko Hidaka

Sumiko Hidaka

Otami

Teruo Yoshida

Teruo Yoshida

News Reporter

Mari Yoshimura

Mari Yoshimura

Yoko

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Bar Hostess

Themes & Keywords

world war iialcoholismillnesstuberculosispost war japanonsen

About Akitsu Hot Springs

Akitsu Hot Springs is a romance, drama film released in 1962 exploring themes of world war ii, alcoholism, illness, tuberculosis, post war japan, onsen. Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, it stars Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato, So Yamamura. Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

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