
112 minutes
6/2/1959
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.

Frankie Sakai
as Goro Yoda

Chikage Awashima
as Yukiko

Nobuko Otowa
as O-Chiyo

Chieko Naniwa
as O-Mino

Nijiko Kiyokawa
as Yasu Shima

Kokinji Katsura
as Yokichi Tani

Kyū Sazanka
as Kanzo Kumada

Yū Fujiki
as Nishihara

Shoichi Ozawa
as Minoru Eto

Kiiton Masuda
as Nonomiya Shin'ichi

Ikio Sawamura

Takeshi Katō

Etsuko Ichihara
as Noriko Takayama

Keiko Nishioka
as O-Sumi
Hinode Nishikawa

Atsushi Watanabe
as Hochin
Mitsuru Zushi
as Hiroshi

Haruya Katō
as Koichiro Takayama
Akemi Tsugawa
Hiroshi Fukuyama
as Gonda
Haruo Miyatani
as Yomoyama