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  1. Movies
  2. Crying to the Blue Sky

Crying to the Blue Sky

Original Title: 青空 に なく

1932
53m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1932

Runtime

53m

Storyline

After losing their parents, Eiichi and his sister Kikue are taken in by their aunt and uncle. Kikue is sent to Tokyo to work as a servant. Left alone, Eiichi wants a model airplane that a friend at school has, but finds found solace in reading the model-making instructions in a magazine that his sister sent him. One day, Eiichi gets into a fight and falls into a river, contracting pneumonia. Presumed to be a lost film.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
53m
Mar 10, 1932
Languages
Japanese
No Language
Director
Mikio Naruse
Mikio Naruse
Production
Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)
Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)

Top Cast

6 Cast Members

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Ryuko Fuji

Tokuji Kobayashi

Tokuji Kobayashi

Shoichi Nodera

Shoichi Nodera

Hideo Sugawara

Hideo Sugawara

Mitsuko Takao

Mitsuko Takao

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