JAPAN · 1957

The Men of Toho-ku

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age primogeniture rural isolation reproductive restriction social hierarchy family obligation
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Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

Year1957
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
The Men of Toho-ku poster

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