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Still from The Good Fairy — The Good Fairy (1951) — Keisuke KinoshitaPhotographed by Hiroshi Kusuda

Poster for The Good Fairy

Keisuke Kinoshita

The Good Fairy

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Japan / Japanese / 1951 / 1h 48m

Letterboxd
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Synopsis

Two journalists and their lovers share an uncertain future. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.

Credits

Crew

DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita

WriterKeisuke Kinoshita, Kōgo Noda

CinematographerHiroshi Kusuda

ComposerChūji Kinoshita

EditorYoshi Sugihara

ProducerTakashi Koide

Cast

Masayuki Morias Nakanuma

Chikage Awashimaas Itsuko

Rentaro Mikunias Rentaro Mikuni, news reporter

Yōko Katsuragias Mikako

Chishū Ryūas Ryôen Toba

Koreya Sendaas Tsuyoshi Kitaura

Toshiko Kobayashias Suzue

Shin Tatsuokaas Editor-in-chief

Seiji Miyaguchias Assistant editor

Toshinosuke Nagao

Kunio Teshirogi

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The Good Fairy (1951) | Criteria