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Koto—The Lake of Tears is a japonais film of genre Drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka with Ganjirō Nakamura
Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)
Mizuumi no koto
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Add to a movie listLake of Tears (湖の琴, Mizuumi no Kin) is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Tomotaka Tasaka. It was Japan's submission to the 39th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Saku, une jeune fille qui fabrique des cordes de shamisen, instrument de musique japonais, est amoureuse d'un de ses collègues. Mais lorsqu'elle se rend au lac Yogo dans la préfecture de Shiga pour devenir l'élève d'un célèbre professeur de musique, ce dernier l'oblige à se donner à lui.Actors
Ganjirō Nakamura
(Samezaemon)
Katsuo Nakamura
(Ukichi Matsumiya)
Jun Hamamura
(Kahei Iwata)
Minoru Chiaki
(Kitao Momose)
Michiyo Kogure
(Suzuko)
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