Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
Cast
Keiji Sada
Ryoichi Morita
Yoshiko Kuga
Hiroko, Ryoichi's wife
Hideko Takamine
Yasuko, Ryoichi's sister
Akira Ishihama
Noboru, Ryoichi's brother
Minoru Ōki
Shun-don
Toshiko Kobayashi
Hisako, Shinkichi's sister
Masami Taura
Mr. Mitsui, Noboru's friend
Kumeko Urabe
Shige, Ryoichi's stepmother
Chieko Nakakita
Natsuko
Eiko Miyoshi
Shinichi Himori
Ryōhei Uchida
Shinkichi, Hiroko's friend
Kaoru Nobe
Kazuko Okada
Jô Mitsumura
Mari Tanahashi
Jun Tanizaki
Teruko Ninomiya
Tsuneko Sasaki
Fumio Tooyama
Yoichi Osugi
Kayoko Terada
Masahiko Inoue
Keiji Tsuchida
Hisashi Taki
Yoshino Tani
Kayoko Muramatsu
Tami Yamamoto
Toshio Shimamura
Crew
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Yoshiko Kusuda
Screenplay
Kôzô Kubo
Producer
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Toshiyasu Morita
Director of Photography
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Kazue Hirataka
Art Direction
Tetsuji Yamazaki
Set Decoration
Masae Hosoi
Costume Design
Shôji Obi
Production Supervisor
Yûgorô Imai
Assistant Director
Kakuzô Saga
Set Designer
Hisao Ōno
Sound
Shûzô Horikawa
Sound mixer
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound