Farewell to Dream

Movie

Farewell to Dream

Drama

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.

Date: 04/17/1956

Rating: 6.9

Cast: Shinji Tanaka, Yūko Mochizuki, Takahiro Tamura, Yoshiko Kuga, Isuzu Yamada, Eijirō Tōno, Shinichi Himori, Nobuo Nakamura, Noriko Arita, Teruko Kishi, Noriko Kikuoki, Kaoru Nobe, Ryôhei Ôno, Shûichi Doki, Eiko Takamatsu, Kazuko Motohashi, Tazuko Kusaka, Chisato Kasuga, Makiko Oka, Toshihiro Mogi, Kunio Teshirogi, Masahiko Inoue, Toshio Shimamura, Mari Tanahashi, Shinichirō Minami, Miko Hirata, Kimiyo Ōtsuka, Yoshino Tani, Tami Yamamoto, Yasuto Takashima, Hideo Matsuno, Yasuyuki Suzuki

Shinji Tanaka

Yūko Mochizuki