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A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)

Based on the life and career of novelist Fumiko Hayashi, she bitterly struggles for literary recognition in the first half of the 20th-century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.

Release: 1962-09-29
Runtime: 124 min
Rating: 7.2 / 10

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Cast
Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Fumiko Hayashi
Akira Takarada
Akira Takarada
Fukuya
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō
Nobuo Sadaoka
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi
Fujiyama
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kishi, Fumiko's mother
Mitsuko Kusabue
Mitsuko Kusabue
Kyôko Hinatsu
Noboru Nakaya
Noboru Nakaya
Haruhiko Itatsu
Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō
Gorô Shirasaka
Jun Tatara
Jun Tatara
Tamura
Masao Oda
Masao Oda
Fumiko's father
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō
Uenoyama
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Tomoko Fumino
Yasuko Murano
Natsuko Kahara
Natsuko Kahara
Chōko Iida
Chōko Iida
Machiko Kitagawa
Machiko Kitagawa
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Yurika Benisono
Chieko Nakakita
Chieko Nakakita
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Toshiko Yabuki