Whistling in the Morning
Whistling in the Morning

Movie·1959·1h 1m

Whistling in the Morning

Directed By

Chisato Ikoma

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 朝を呼ぶ口笛

Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's bill and gave up going to high school. His friends heard about this, and they donated money to his mother. So, Minoru goes to high school and yet he delivers newspapers cheerfully whistling every morning. A memorable film debut by Sayuri Yoshinaga, a representative of the Japanese film industry.The film adaptation of "Newspaper Delivery" by Minoru Yoshida, who won the Minister of Education Award at the national small and Medium student essay competition.

Written By

Sekiro Mitsubata

Themes

adaptation

Production House

Shochiku

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Cast

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi Kato

Minoru

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Takashi Sudo

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Miwako Kariya

Akira Yamanouchi

Akira Yamanouchi

Kuniko Igawa

Kuniko Igawa

Minoru's mother

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

Minoru's father

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Kenji Yoshino

Reiko Hitomi

Reiko Hitomi

Shoji Sayama

Shinji Tanaka

Mikiyo Shimizu

Yoichi Mashio

Haruko Chichibu

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Crew

Chisato Ikoma

Director

Sekiro Mitsubata

Screenplay

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