Godzilla's director made a TEEN GIRL DRAMA and it's surprisingly devastating.
A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.
Direction
Honda's restraint proves he was more than monsters.
Acting
Aoyama's wounded dignity carries every frame.
Director
Ishirō Honda
Kyoko Aoyama
Hiroko Koizumi
Shūji Sano
Mr. Shinohara
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Jirôzaemon Baba
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Katsuko, Hiroko's Aunt
Takashi Shimura
Hanako's Father
Michiko Kawa
Harue Ôhata
Sadako Sawamura
Kuniko's mother (uncredited)
Daisuke Inoue
Masa-don
Nakajirō Tomita
Milk deliverly shop owner (uncredited)
Keiko Miya
Kuniko Sawazaki
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Honda made this between Godzilla Raids Again and Rodan, desperate to prove his range to Toho executives.
The 'densenbyo' (contagious disease) insult Hiroko faces was real post-war slang for tuberculosis stigma combined with rural poverty.
JP
