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Home Sweet Home

Original title: Wagaya wa tanoshi
  • 1951
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
48
YOUR RATING
Home Sweet Home (1951)
JapaneseDrama

There's no place like home: even with four children, the Uemura family is able to live a modest but happy life in their cramped, rented flat.There's no place like home: even with four children, the Uemura family is able to live a modest but happy life in their cramped, rented flat.There's no place like home: even with four children, the Uemura family is able to live a modest but happy life in their cramped, rented flat.

  • Director
    • Noboru Nakamura
  • Writer
    • Sumie Tanaka
  • Stars
    • Chishū Ryū
    • Isuzu Yamada
    • Hideko Takamine
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    48
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Noboru Nakamura
    • Writer
      • Sumie Tanaka
    • Stars
      • Chishū Ryū
      • Isuzu Yamada
      • Hideko Takamine
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Chishū Ryū
    Chishū Ryū
    • Kosaku Uemura
    • (as Chishû Ryû)
    Isuzu Yamada
    Isuzu Yamada
    • Namiko, Kosaku's wife
    Hideko Takamine
    Hideko Takamine
    • Tomoko, Kosaku's daughter
    Keiji Sada
    Keiji Sada
    • Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriend
    Mutsuko Sakura
    • Kaoko Fukuda, Namiko's sister
    Kokuten Kōdō
    Kokuten Kōdō
    • Mr. Kanazawa
    • (as Kokuten Kôdô)
    Sugisaku Aoyama
    Sugisaku Aoyama
    • Oyama, painter
    Junji Masuda
    Junji Masuda
    • Yasutaro Baba
    Reiko Minakami
    • Natsuko
    Shin'yō Nara
    • President of Morinaga
    • (as Shin'yô Nara)
    Keiko Kishi
    Keiko Kishi
    • Nobuko, Kosaku's daughter
    Kazuko Fukui
    • Mitsuko
    Kaoru Kusuda
    • Chiyo Koizumi
    Shinichirô Minami
    • President of an estate agent
    Katsumasa Okamoto
    • Kazuo
    Matsuko Shiga
    • Director
      • Noboru Nakamura
    • Writer
      • Sumie Tanaka
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    Details

    • Release date
      • March 21, 1951 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • It's Great to Be Young
    • Production company
      • Shochiku
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 31m(91 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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