May 21, 1988
93 min
Full-HD

Crane (1988)

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...

Category

Fantasy History

Country

Japan

Companies

TOHO

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Tsuru (crane)

Hideki Noda

Daiju

Takuzō Kawatani

Umaemon

Kirin Kiki

Yura

Bunta Sugawara

Rich man

Kyôko Kishida

Kichibi

Koji Ishizaka

Narrator

Michino Yokoyama

Nami

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