A Slope in the Sun (1958)
3h 29m
Running Time
April 15, 1958Release Date
A Slope in the Sun (1958)
3h 29m
Running Time
April 15, 1958Release Date
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Plot.
The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
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Cast & Crew.
Yūjirō Ishihara
Shinji Tashiro
Mie Kitahara
Takako Kuramoto
Izumi Ashikawa
Kumiko, Shinji's sister
Tamio Kawachi
Tamio Tagaki
Yuji Odaka
Yukichi Tashiro
Tomotaka Tasaka
Director
Koreya Senda
Tamakichi Tashiro
Ichirō Ikeda
Writer
Yukiko Todoroki
Midori Tashiro
Yōjirō Ishizaka
Writer
Hisako Yamane
Tomiko Takagi
Misako Watanabe
Yuriko Kawakami
Masaru Satō
Composer
Shin Morikawa
Seikichi
Saburō Isayama
Cinematographer
Shirō Amakusa
Yagoro
Fudeko Tanaka
Hanako
Yōko Benisawa
Yoneko
Reiko Arai
Takeko
Isamu Kosugi
Dr. Shiozawa
Natsue Shiga
Chief
Hiroshi Hijikata
A drinker
Shigeo Hayashi
Minami's companion
Haruna Kaburagi
Housemaid A of Tashiro family
Fumiko Fukuda
Housemaid B of Tashiro family
Kyoko Horikawa
Nurse at K Hospital
Shigeoki Otaki
Yukichi (childhood)
Kaoru Matsumoto
Shinji (childhood)
Kazumi Sudo
Kumiko (childhood)
Kikuyo Suda
Young woman
Arata Shibata
Buddy A
Shirō Yanase
Buddy B
Details.
Wiki.
Hi no ataru sakamichi (陽のあたる坂道) aka A Slope in the Sun is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.The film is based on the novel by Yōjirō Ishizaka.
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best director and also won 1959 Mainichi Film Concours for best cinematography.