The Song of the Cart
Feb 11 1959
•2h 25m
•Drama
A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.
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Yūko Mochizuki

Rentaro Mikuni
Sachiko Hidari

Teruko Kishi
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