With Wife, Children, and Friends

The story

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.

Cast & crew

Keiji SadaYonesaku Nihei

Minoru ŌkiSaburota Henmi

Hizuru TakachihoNobuko

Miyuki KuwanoMichiyo

Masahiko TsugawaRyushiro Henmi

Tōru AbeHoshino

Noriko MakiSetsuko Tamiya

Shinichirō MikamiAkio

Mitsuko MitoTakiyo Sugawa

Fujio SugaInspector Honda

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji KitaCast

Kōji MitsuiCast