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The Men of Toho-ku
JAPAN · 1957

The Men of Toho-ku

Kon Ichikawa
primogeniture rural isolation reproductive restriction social hierarchy family obligation
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Synopsis

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

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