Film

Next Door to Happiness

1955 · 1h 41m · Drama

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the father leaves with another woman, returns after he is rejected, and leaves again with the family's money.

Yōko Katsuragi

Akihiko Katayama

Hiroko Nanaura

Masami Taura

Akio Satake

Shizue Natsukawa

Tatsuo Saitō

Akira Ishihama

Sadako Sawamura

Kuniko Igawa

Michiko Ikuno

Tokuji Kobayashi

• Kenkichi HaraDirector
• Takao YanaiScreenplay
• Ineko SataNovel

Release date

September 7, 1955

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Drama