Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

International Title

Japanese Title

鶴八鶴次郎
[Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro]

Production: Toho
Distributor: Toho	Japan: 1938
	Time: 88 minutes

Initial US Title

US Distributor: -	Time: -
Alternate Movie Titles:
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro [literal transaltion]
Box Office - Stock Footage - DVDs - CDs - Pictures - Concept Art - Cut Scenes - Reviews

Details

Stage performers Jiro Tsuruhachi and Toya Tsurujiro have known--and secretly longed for--each other since the age of 17. But in spite of their brilliant performances on stage, which attract audiences by the dozens, their backstage lives are filled with moments of spiteful criticism, usually from Jiro concerning Toya's performance. They repeatedly threaten to end their partnership, only to be coerced into reconciliation by the people around them. Finally, Jiro and Toya confess their love for one another and agree to marry. Their lives seem to be taking a turn for the better, until jealousy intervenes...

Staff
Directed by Mikio Naruse Writing credits Mikio Naruse, Matsutaro Kawaguchi Produced by Nobuyoshi Morita Music by Nobuo Iida Cinematography by Takeo Ito Film Editing by Koichi Iwashita Production Design by Katsuzo Shino Assistant Director Kengo Furusawa
Cast
Jiro Tsuruhachi Kazuo Hasegawa Toya Tsurujiro Isuzu Yamada Sahei Kamatari Fujiwara Matsuzaki Heihachiro Okawa Takeno Masao Mishima Toya's Mother Tamae Kiyokawa Audience Nagamasa Yamada, Jun Maki, Sumiko Kagawa, Kinji Fujiwa, Masako Sanjo, Yukiko Misawa - Goro Fukuchi - Unpei Yokoyama - Kenho Nakamura - Kan Yanagiya - Bompei Yamagata - Sumie Tsubaki - Toshiko Ito - Ayako Matsuoka
Monster Appearances	Aliens, SDF, Misc
None	None

DVDs and Blu-Ray

N/A

Reviews

Patrick Galvan

July 13, 2014

forums

This website is for noncommercial use only and is not affiliated with, or authorized or endorsed by Toho Co. Ltd. Toho is the owner of all copyrights and trademarks in its respective films and characters, and all of its rights are expressly reserved. © 1943-2025 Toho Co. Ltd. and its related entities. All rights reserved. Godzilla, Gojira, the character designs and King of the Monsters are trademarks of Toho Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Any reproduction, duplication or distribution of these materials is expressly prohibited.