The Age of Beginnings
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A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1947-07-15
Runtime: 81 mins
Director: Kiyoshi Saeki
Writer: Ryûji Nagami
Spoken language: 日本語
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Original title: The Age of Beginnings
Production Companies: Shintoho Company
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Susumu Fujita
Setsuko Hara
Den Obinata
Ureo Egawa
Sōji Kiyokawa
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Satoko Date
Yūnosuke Itō
Zenichiro Kito
Ko Yamamuro
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
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