Film

The Monk Who Became a Raccoon Dog

1946 · 1h 16m · Comedy

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the villain’s niece and brothers on the other. When the villains’ carefully crafted facade is exposed, a monk who sides with the widow puts on the performance of a lifetime. A heartwarming pastoral comedy rich in human warmth.

Mitsusaburō Ramon

Kisao Tobita

Chieko Sōma

堤みどり

Bontarō Miake

Eiran Yoshikawa

Tsuneko Sudō

Kiyoko Hirai

Mantarō Ushio

Kumeko Urabe

Michiko Suzuki

Keiju Kobayashi

Bumon Kahara

大原穣

冬木映彦

Seiji Izumi

• Masahisa SunoharaDirector
• Taketaka YagisawaScreenplay
• Yutaka OkadaScreenplay
• Ryōzō KasaharaScreenplay
• Shigeyoshi MineDirector of Photography

Release date

November 19, 1946

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 16m

Genres

Comedy