"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
Cast
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kaoru, a dancer
Den Obinata
Mizuhara, a student
Tokuji Kobayashi
Eikichi, brother of Kaoru
Kinuko Wakamizu
Chiyoko, the wife
Takeshi Sakamoto
Hattori
Chōko Iida
Geisha
Eiko Takamatsu
Otatsu, the mother
Shizue Hyōdō
Yuriko, an emplyee
Jun Arai
Zenbei, master of 'Yukawarô'
Ryoichi Takeuchi
Ryûichi, the son
Reikichi Kawamura
Kubota, an engineer
Ryōtarō Mizushima
Tamura, a policeman
Hideo Takeda
Monk
Kikuko Hanaoka
Geisha
Shozaburo Abe
Customer at the spa
Kiyoshi Aono
Kisaku
Osamu Soga
Barber proprietor
Hiroshi Nagao
Blue-collar
Juku Matsumoto
Blue-collar
Shiro Katsuragi
Unknown
Hikaru Yoshida
Unknown
Reikō Tani
Man
Einosuke Naka
Village man
Reiji Yanagida
Village man
Yoshiro Takayama
Unknown
Chieko Kyotani
Inn maid
Shizue Akiyama
Inn maid
Yasuko Koizumi
Woman at the harbour
Crew
Heinosuke Gosho
Director
Yasunari Kawabata
Author
Akira Fushimi
Screenplay
Jōji Ohara
Director of Photography
Ken Kosaka
Assistant Director
Eijirô Nagatomi
Assistant Director
Iseo Nijikawa
Assistant Director
Atsuo Tomioka
Assistant Director
Tami Mitamura
Costume Design
Umeka Shinozaki
Hairstylist
Ryônosuke Akita
Set Decoration
Takashi Kanasu
Set Decoration
Noburô Kimura
Set Decoration
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