A Promise (1986 film)

A Promise
Directed by	Yoshishige Yoshida
Written by	Yoshishige Yoshida Shuichi Sae (novel)
Produced by	Shigeyuki Yajima Matsuo Takahashi Yasuyo Saito
Starring	Rentarō Mikuni
Cinematography	Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Edited by	Akira Suzuki
Music by	Haruomi Hosono
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	13 September 1986 (1986-09-13) (Japan)^[1]^[2]
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

A Promise (人間の約束, Ningen no yakusoku, lit. "Human promise") is a 1986 Japanese drama film written and directed by Yoshishige Yoshida.^[1]^[2]

Cast[edit]

Rentarō Mikuni as Ryosaku Morimoto
Sachiko Murase as Tatsu, Ryosaku's wife
Choichiro Kawarazaki as Yoshio, Ryosaku's son
Orie Satoh as Ritsuko, Yoshio's wife
Kōichi Satō as Detective Yoshikawa
Tetta Sugimoto as Takao, Yoshio's son
Reiko Tajima as Saeko Nogawa
Choei Takahashi as Takeya Nakamura
Kumiko Takeda as Naoko, Yoshio's daughter
Tomisaburo Wakayama as Detective Tagami
Masakane Yonekura as Detective Miura

Release[edit]

A Promise was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "人間の約束" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b "人間の約束" (in Japanese). Kinenote. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ "Ningen no yakusoku". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

External links[edit]

A Promise at IMDb

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