The Whole Family Works (1939)
A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The fourth eldest is soon to graduate and follow in their footsteps, though he'd rather continue schooling. The eldest finally decides to break free and set out on his own against his parents' wishes, with the support and sympathy of his siblings.
- Released
- 1939-03-11
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 65 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mikio Naruse, Mikio Naruse
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Musei Tokugawa as Ishimura
- Noriko Honma as Ishimura's wife
- Akira Ubukata as Kiichi, first son
- Kaoru Itō as Genji, second son
- Seikichi Minami as Noboru, third son
- Takeshi Hirata as Eisaku, fourth son
- Seiichiro Bando as Kokichi, fifth son
- Kiyoko Wakaba as Hide, first daughter
- Den Obinata as Ogawa - the teacher
- Sumie Tsubaki as Mitsuko
- Jun Maki as Kiichi's goroup leader
- Kinji Fujiwa as Ishimura's fellow worker