THE HILL IS FULL OF FLOWERS (1963)

The Hill is Full of Flowers
Not Rated
The Hill is Full of Flowers
Drama
September 11, 1963
Japanese
1h 27m
Japan
Nikkatsu Corporation

A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted by Noro, the editor-in-chief, whose wife died a few years ago and was now living with her two orphans and her old mother....

Cast & Characters

Ruriko Asaoka

Miwako Kazuki

Tamio Kawachi

Masaya Nozaki

Hideaki Nitani

Teizô Noro

Akira Yamanouchi

Haruo Ishiyama (as Akira Yamauchi)

Sachiko Murase

Setsu Noro

Tomo'o Nagai

Kenkichi Kimura

Midori Asakaze

Fusae Akutsu

Tatsuo Matsushita

Yûzô Takabatake

Toshie Takada

Hisako Iwamoto

Yuzo Kiura

Fusae's husband

Yōko Kozono

Ayako Kanzaki

Akira Hisamatsu

(as Kôsuke Hisamatsu)

Masako Urushizawa

Receptionist at hospital

Dokô Kihara

Oden shop owner

Higashi Harachi

Fumiko Noro

Hidekazu Tagaya

Kazuo Takabatake

Satomi Tachibana

Kimiko Takabatake

Crew

Akira Saiga

Screenplay

Naozumi Yamamoto

Original Music Composer

Isamu Kakita

Director of Photography