Akiko (film)

Akiko is a 1961 Italian comedy film written and directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico.^[1][2]

Akiko
Directed by	Luigi Filippo D'Amico
Written by	Gaspare Cataldo Luigi Filippo D'Amico Ernesto Gastaldi Ugo Guerra
Starring	Akiko Wakabayashi
Cinematography	Alfio Contini
Edited by	Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by	Teo Usuelli
Release date	1961 (1961)
Running time	95 minute
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Plot

In Rome, Mrs. Ottavia Colasanto has not had news of her husband since he went to Japan eighteen years ago. She is considered practically a widow. One day, a very beautiful young Japanese girl arrives. She notifies the Colasanto family that she is the biological daughter of Ottavia's (presumably) deceased husband.

Cast

• Akiko Wakabayashi as Akiko
• Pierre Brice as Duilio
• Marisa Merlini as Ottavia Colasanto
• Memmo Carotenuto as Armando Piffero
• Vicky Ludovisi [it] as Anita Colasanto
• Valeria Fabrizi as Tosca
• Andrea Checchi as Sor Egisto
• Marcello Paolini as Serse Colasanto
• Giacomo Furia as Peppe, aka "Er Campanaro"
• Giuseppe Chinnici as the commissioner
• Mario Meniconi [it] as the referee in the ring
• Paolo Ferrari as "Terzo Braccio"
• Paolo Panelli as Felice
• Carlo Taranto
• Giancarlo Zarfati [it] as little boy asking for a cigarette
• Francesco Sormano [it]
• Ettore Zamperini
• Luigi Moneta [it]
• Roberto Ceccacci [it]
• Nino Fuscagni [it]