The Girl of Silence (1995): Cast

Fourteen‑year‑old Shizuko dreams of drawing manga in Tokyo to escape poverty. After her father leaves, her mother takes in a lover who calls himself “Father,” bans Shizuko’s gritty manga as “trash.” When he learns she is pregnant by a boy, he beats her while her mother slides into apathy. Shizuko turns to art, creating gentle, caring characters.

• GA Director Genjiro Arato

• MN Mami Nakamura as Shizuko Tanaka
• Kaori Momoi as Akemi Tanaka
• YH Yoshio Harada as Shizuo Tanaka
• SU Shungicu Uchida as Singer

• The Fallen Angel 2010
• Akame 48 Waterfalls 2003

Also known as

• Father Fucker