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A Design for Dying

Jun 28, 1961 · 1h 50m
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Drama

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Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as shrewd as the shrewdest of the older generation of dyed-in-the-wool Osaka businessmen, steps into picture and Shikiko soon feels that he is indispensable to her. But the advent of a man in their midst breaks up the harmony that has existed among the four women, as gradually he forces himself on them with promises of love.

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CAST

Machiko Kyō
Shikiko Oba
Junko Kano
Katsumi Tsubota
Tamao Nakamura
Tomie Oki
Ayako Wakao
Rinko Tsugawa
Jiro Tamiya
Ginshiro Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
Professor Shiraishi
Taketoshi Naitō
Keita Nomoto
Eiji Funakoshi
Hideo Sone
Directed by Kōzaburō Yoshimura

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Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Daiei Film
Country
JP
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