With Wife, Children, and Friends

With Wife, Children, and Friends

1961 · 156 min · Drama

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.

Directed by Umetsugu Inoue · Written by Toshio Yasumi

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