The Storm (Arashi) 67 years old

With one of the busiest film industries in the world, Japan was able to submit several films into competition at the 1957 Berlin Film Festival. One of the best of these was Arashi, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki of Rickshaw Man fame. Anticipating Hollywood's Table for Five by nearly a quarter of a century, the film concerns the efforts by a recently widowed high-school teacher to raise his four children alone. Chihu Ryu is terrific as the central character, while Izumi Yukimura is even better as Ryu's eldest daughter. For reasons unknown, Arashi is often omitted from "official" lists of Inagaki's films.

Credits

Daisuke Katô as

Chishu Ryu as

Akira Kubo as

Kinuyo Tanaka as

The Storm Cast

Name	Character
Daisuke Katô
Chishu Ryu He was 52, 88 years old when he died
Akira Kubo He was 19, now 87 years old
Kinuyo Tanaka She was 45, 66 years old when she died

The Storm Crew

Name	Department
Ryûzô Kikushima as Writer.	Writing
Hiroshi Inagaki as Director. He was 50 (74) years old when He died	Directing
Tōson Shimazaki as Story. He was 84 (71) years old when He died	Writing

The Storm (67 years)

Release day: Wednesday, October 24, 1956