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Morning for the Osone Family (1946)81 minDrama, WarRating 49/100

Kinoshita's first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought tale about a liberal-minded Japanese family torn apart by war and imperialist politics. Morning for the Osone Family is both palpably bitter about the nation's fresh wartime wounds and inspiringly hopeful about a democratic tomorrow.

Cast: Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji, Mitsuko Miura, Shirō Ōsaka, Eitarō Ozawa, Natsuko Kahara

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita