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A Legend or Was It? (1963) · Cineora

A Legend or Was It? poster

A KEISUKE KINOSHITA FILM

A Legend or Was It?

19631h 23mMovie

DramaThrillerWar

IMDb7.6/ 10 · 430 votes

THE STORY

A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.

Bittersweet
Melancholic
Family
War
Period piece

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Mild
Complexity: Some focus

Good for a quick watch and talking about after.

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.0 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Shima IwashitaKieko Sonobe

Mariko KagaYuri Shimizu

Gō KatōHideyuki Sonobe

Kinuyo TanakaShizuko Sonobe

Yoshi KatōShintaro Shimizu

Bunta SugawaraGoichi Takamori

Tsutomu Matsukawa

Kikue MōriUmeno Sonobe

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