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Could I But Live

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After receiving a phone call from a woman whose child has contracted polio, government official Masayoshi Sakata decides to do everything he can to eradicate the disease.

Directed byZenzō Matsuyama

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 48m
Language
JA
Released
August 30, 1964
Studios
Tokyo Eiga

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Masayoshi Sakata

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

Noriko Nemoto

Yaeko Mizutani

Yaeko Mizutani

Yumi

Kon Omura

Kon Omura

Satoru Kumagai

Shirō Ōtsuji

Shirō Ōtsuji

Jiro Nemoto

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Professor Hiraoka

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Setsuko Sakata

Fumiko Okamura

Fumiko Okamura

Mother Nobu

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Director Tagami

Tetsuo Hasegawa

Abe

Creative team
Directed by
Zenzō Matsuyama
Zenzō Matsuyama
Written by
Zenzō Matsuyama
Zenzō Matsuyama
Produced by
Ichirō Satō
Hideyuki Shiino

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