Tokyo Elegy

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In 1945, in a Shanghai filled with a palpable sense of unease as the war was still raging, Atsuko Kijima and Ryuji Kudo fell in love and exchanged promises of marriage. Ryuji was deployed shortly thereafter, and after the war ended, he was taken to Siberia as a prisoner of war. Atsuko, who had returned to Tokyo, clung to the promise she had made with Ryuji—that if he were safe, he would “come to the garden of St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day.” Relying on that promise, she went to St. Nicholas Cathedral at noon on Christmas Day in both 1946 and 1947, but Ryuji never appeared.

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Creators

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Shigeo Tanaka

director

Kaneto Shindō

writer

Cast

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Jun Usami actor

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Masayuki Mori actor

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Akiko Sawamura actor

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Kazuko Fushimi actor

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Bontarō Miake actor

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Sayoko Kasumi actor

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Kansho Yoshii actor Kumeko Urabe actor

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Hisako Takihana actor Ken Yamaguchi actor

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Tadashi Date actor

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Haruko Miyaji actor

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Kunihiko Suga actor

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Shō Natsuki actor

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Yūzō Hayakawa actor

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Hikaru Hoshi actor

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Manabu Morita actor

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Munehiko Takada actor

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Michiko Kunihiro actor

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Mitsuko Takesato actor