Whistle in My Heart (Whistling in Kotan)
- Original title
- Kotan no kuchibue
- Year
- 1959
- Running time
- 126 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Shinobu Hashimoto. Novel: Nobuo Ishimori
- Cast
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- Ken Yamauchi
- Yoshiko Kôda
- Masayuki Mori
- Akira Takarada
- Akira Kubo
- Kumi Mizuno
- Takashi Shimura
- Kyû Sazanka
- Yoshio Tsuchiya
- Chieko Nakakita
- Kôji Uruki
- Yoshifumi Tajima
- Kunio Ôtsuka
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Racism. Poverty. Childhood. Education
- Synopsis
- Hashimoto Shinobu wrote the script based on Ishimori Nobuo’s original story, which won prizes including the first Mimei Literature Award. Depicts an Ainu girl and her younger brother living in a Hokkaido kotan (Ainu village), as they overcome discrimination and poverty.
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