The Ditch
Genres
Overview
Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
111 min
Release Date
1954-07-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
7
Nobuko Otowa
Tsuru
Jūkichi Uno
Taiji Tonoyama
Sō Yamamura
Ichirō Sugai
Kamatari Fujiwara
Takashi Kanda
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Yoshi Katō
Kinzō Shin
Bokuzen Hidari
Chieko Nakakita
Mayuri Mokushô
Chōko Iida
Tamae Kiyokawa
Ranko Akagi
Yumi Takano
Noriko Honma
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7.5
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6.1
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