With Wife, Children, and Friends (1961)

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a farmer's son from Tohoku who becomes the steadying influence on headstrong Henmi.

Released

1961-11-01

Genres

Drama

Runtime

156 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Umetsugu Inoue, Toshio Yasumi