Morning for the Osone Family (1946)

Review: Morning for the Osone Family (1946)

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast: Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji, Mitsuko Miura, Shirō Ōsaka,

Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Toshinosuke Nagao
Toshinosuke Nagao
Shin Tokudaiji
Shin Tokudaiji
Mitsuko Miura
Mitsuko Miura
Shirō Ōsaka
Shirō Ōsaka

Plot: A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

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Subverting propaganda:</br><i>Keisuke Kinoshita and World War II</i>

Subverting propaganda:Keisuke Kinoshita and World War II

Criterion’s latest Eclipse release opens a window on a previously little-seen world: the Japanese home front during World War 2 as depicted under oppressive regulations during the war. The great Keisuke Kinoshita managed to inject elements […]

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