Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 · 113 min · ★ 6.5 · Romance, Drama
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.
Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida · Written by Yoshishige Yoshida
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Mariko Okada Shinko -
Hiroyuki Nagato Shusaku Kawamoto -
So Yamamura Mikami -
Jūkichi Uno Kenkichi Matsumiya -
Eijirō Tōno Priest -
Fukuko Sayo Osumi -
Sumiko Hidaka Otami -
Teruo Yoshida News Reporter -
Mari Yoshimura Yoko -
Nijiko Kiyokawa Bar Hostess -
Taiji Tonoyama Rokusuke -
Masako Nakamura Harue
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