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The Sad Whistle
Directed byMiyoji Ieki
StarringYasumi Hara
Hibari Misora
Release date
  • 19 October 1949 (1949-10-19)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Hibari Misora in The Sad Whistle

The Sad Whistle (悲しき口笛, Kanashiki kuchibue) is a 1949 Japanese drama film directed by Miyoji Ieki.[1]

Cast

  • Yasumi Hara - Kenzo Tanaka
  • Mieko Ishii
  • Takashi Kanda - Yamaguchi
  • Hibari Misora - Mitsuko Tanaka
  • Mitsuyo Mizushima
  • Ichiro Shimizu
  • Ichiro Sugai
  • Shin Tokudaiji - Yoshimura
  • Keiko Tsushima
  • Yoshindo Yamaji - Yasuda

Music

The single with the title song became a bestselling record for Hibari Misora selling more than 45 million copies in Japan.[2]

References

  1. ^ Isolde Standish (8 May 2006). A New History of Japanese Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 198–200. ISBN 978-1-4411-6154-3.
  2. ^ [1]