The Three Faces
三つの顔
Drama
A tale of man's sorrow and joy, played out by a gangster, a boxer, and a day laborer!
Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi, promised to meet again five years later at the platform of Tokyo Station. Meanwhile, Shinagawa Station's crowded with repatriates. Upon returning to their homeland, their lives have changed dramatically. Daizo works as a railway construction worker. Eiji has established himself as a boxer. Kenichiro's become a gangster. In 1955, the day of their reunion is approaching. Now it is a matter of whether the three will be able to meet each other at the platform of Tokyo Station, as they had agreed on back in 1950.
1955-08-09
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Cast
Director
Umetsugu Inoue
Rentaro Mikuni as Ken'ichirō Kishi
Michiyo Aratama as Sonoe Shiga
Michitarō Mizushima as Eiji Shiga
Yūnosuke Itō as Daizō Kobayashi
Chōko Iida as Okon
Taiji Tonoyama as Gen
Tōru Abe as Hagiyama
Toshiyuki Ichimura as Suzuki
Kaku Takashina as Dragon Murayama
Saburo Hiromatsu as Athene-za Theater Manager
Yūko Tsumura as Brothel Woman
Zenji Yamada as Shoe Store Owner
Yukihiko Sugi as Kobayashi's Nikoyon Companion
Hisano Yamaoka as Nightclub Hostess
Shirō Yanase as Kishi's Second