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