Farewell to Dream (1956)
April 17, 1956
Drama
1h 18m


A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Yôichi's mother, Oshin Yūko Mochizuki
- Sudô Takahiro Tamura
- Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko Yoshiko Kuga
- Seiji's mother, Kiyo Isuzu Yamada
- Yôichi's father, Genkichi Eijirō Tōno
- Shinichi Himori
- Seiji's father, Haruo Nobuo Nakamura
- Noriko Arita
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Keywords
- adultery
- the smell of fish