Japan / Nov 08, 1960
1h 29min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Fumitake Ōmura | Secretary |
| Susumu Namishima | Tokisada |
| Tokue Hanazawa | Chameleon Matsu |
| Toranosuke Ogawa | Coal mine president Yoshida |
| Kichijirō Ueda | Party leader |
| Eitarō Ozawa | Doctor |
| Akira Naoki | Shichiro |
| Keiichi Kitagawa | Eloped man |
| Yuji Kitamine | Engineer A |
| Toshio Satô | Train steward |
| Tadashi Minamikawa | |
| Tadashi Suganuma | Railway police officer B |
| Kosaku Okano | Driver |
| Fusatarō Ishijima | |
| Ushio Akashi | Okayama station stationmaster |
| Koji Sahara | Eloped man's elder brother |
| Hiroshi Tomono | Tachibana |
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| Tetsuya Kigawa | Bridegroom |
| Akira Takizawa | Osaka Medical College worker |
| Seihachi Uchikoshi | Track worker |
| Akikane Sawa | On-duty yardmaster |
| Hirotaka Ono | |
| Gentarō Mori | Ishikawa |
| Osamu Yamamura | Cook |
| Sakae Shima | Osaka branch party employee |
| Kyoko Koga | Cafeteria girl A |
| Tomiko Makinouchi | Toshiko's elder sister |
| Etsuko Okada | Cafeteria girl B |
| Shigeko Arai | |
| Akiko Kataoka | Bride |
| Tatsuya Kitayama | Engineer B |
| Tokio Kozuka | Manager |
| Nobuo Yana | Railway police officer A |
| Kenji Todoroki | Assistant engineer |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 大いなる驀進 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Toei Company |
| Release date | 8 novembre 1960 |
| Executive producer | Hiroshi Okawa |
| Writer | Kaneto Shindō |
| Editing | Yoshiki Nagasawa |
| Cinematography | Hanjirō Nakazawa |
| Assistant directors | Minoru Yamada, Hideo Sekigawa |
| Lighting | Kenzo Ginya |
| Camera operators | Hanjirō Nakazawa |
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| Additional photography | Hanjirō Nakazawa |
| Production design | Mikio Mori |
| Art direction | Mikio Mori |
| Set decoration | Mikio Mori |
| Music | Ichirō Saitō, Masanobu Otani |
| Sound | Masanobu Otani, Ichirō Saitō |
Release dates
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