A Descendant of Urashima Taro (1946): Cast

Although reportedly inspired by Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, the story follows a soldier who, after returning to Japan, aligns himself with the Japanese Happiness Party and quickly ascends to become a charismatic populist politician, championing the hopes of ordinary citizens.

• MN Director Mikio Naruse

• SF Susumu Fujita as Goro Urashima
• Ichirô Sugai
• Haruko Sugimura
• Nobuo Nakamura

• Moment of Terror 1966
• The Thin Line 1966
• Yearning 1964
• A Woman’s Life 1963

Also known as

• Les descendants de Taro Urashima
• Urashima Tarô no kôei
• 浦岛太郎的后裔
• 浦島太郎的後裔