
The Way of Drama
Drama
Overview
The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical styles like those used by amateur actors to dramatise contemporary events.
Top Cast


Kazuo Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa
Kazuo Hasegawa


Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada


Roppa Furukawa
Roppa Furukawa
Roppa Furukawa


Ranko Hanai
Ranko Hanai
Ranko Hanai
Tomosaburō Ii
Tomosaburō Ii
Tomosaburō Ii


Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Kitsunosuke Bando
Kitsunosuke Bando
Kitsunosuke Bando


Sōji Kiyokawa
Sōji Kiyokawa
Sōji Kiyokawa


Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura
Fumio Okura
Fumio Okura
Gosuke
Fumio Okura
Gosuke
Similar Movies

Every day, Jay travels the length and breadth of Tokyo in his taxi, looking for his daughter Lily. In the 9 years since he has separated from his wife, he has never been able to get custody of his daughter. Having given up hope of ever seeing her again, he is about to move back to France when Lily hops in his cab. But she doesn't recognize him.

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily, a by-the-book officer, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man, Joe Kelly, falls in love with a Japanese woman, Katsumi, and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
















