Film

Kin no tamago: Golden Girl

1952 · 1h 47m

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.

Toshirō Mifune

Rentaro Mikuni

Yukiko Shimazaki

Hisako Takihana

Kazuo Masubuchi

Chieko Nakakita

Fumiko Saito

Keiju Kobayashi

Bontarō Miake

Sadako Sawamura

Daisuke Inoue

Hiroshi Koizumi

Haruko Sugimura

Kyōko Kagawa

Michiko Tsuyama

Setsuko Wakayama

• Yasuki ChibaDirector
• Toshiro IdeScreenplay
• Yūji KosekiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 14, 1952

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 47m