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Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.Read moreLess
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
The story
Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
Cast & crew
Setsuko HaraCast
Yoshio KosugiCast
Denjirō ŌkōchiCast
Sadao MaruyamaCast
Masako TsutsumiCast
Yuriko HanabusaCast
Shin DateCast
Nijiko KiyokawaCast
Keiji SakakidaCastExplore the crew
- Producer
- Nobuyoshi Morita
- Director
- Mansaku Itami
- Screenplay
- Mansaku Itami
- Director of Photography
- Jun Yasumoto
- Original Music Composer
- Nobuo Ito