Kah-chan

Overview

Okatsu is a widow raising five children - adults but still mama-dependent - in mid-eighteenth century Edo, Japan. Her frugality attracts unflattering comment even amid national tough times (the region is in famine) What Okatsu tells no one is that she saves so that a friend can start his own business once he's released from prison.

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Top cast

Keiko Kishi

Okatsu

Ryuji Harada

Yukichi

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Ichita

Kanae Katsuno

Osan

Yuta Yamazaki

Sannosuke

M

Masaki Iizumi

Jiro

Saburo Ishikura

Kumagoro

Isao Bitō

Gen-san

Baijaku Nakamura

Man in Coat

Ryudo Uzaki

Constable

R

Ryusho Shunputei

Old Man

Takashi Nishina

Constable

K

Korroke

Strange Man

E

Edoya Koneko

Merchant

Akio Yokoyama

Izakaya Owner

Fujio Tokita

Fortune-teller

Shoichi Ozawa

Landlord

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