

The Valley Between Love and Death
1954-09-21 · 117 min · ★ 8.0
A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.
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- Directors
- Heinosuke Gosho
- Production companies
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Keiko TsushimaAiko Takeuchi
Hiroshi AkutagawaKiyoshi Kazami
Nobuko OtowaMomoyo Imai
Jūkichi UnoSutematsu Osawa
Yūnosuke ItōDr. Matsumura
Sanae TakasugiEiko Mochizuki
Isao KimuraKanji Sakata
Bokuzen Hidari
Isao Yamagata
Tanie KitabayashiTetsu Ishida
Sadako Sawamura
Taiji Tonoyama
Kyōko Anzai
Chōko Iida
Fudeko Tanaka
Jun Tatara
Zeko Nakamura
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
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