Lake of Tears (film)

Lake of Tears (湖の琴, Umi no Koto) is a 1966 Japanese film directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.^[1] It was Japan's submission to the 39th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2][3]

Lake of Tears
Directed by	Tomotaka Tasaka
Written by	Naoyuki Suzuki
Produced by	Hiroshi Okawa
Starring	Yoshiko Sakuma
Cinematography	Masahiko Iimura
Release date	November 13, 1966 (1966-11-13)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Cast

• Yoshiko Sakuma as Saku
• Katsuo Nakamura as Ukichi Matsumiya
• Nakamura Ganjirō II as Samezaemon
• Hisano Yamaoka as Matsue Torii
• Minoru Chiaki as Kidayu Momose
• Michiyo Kogure as Suzuko
• Kirin Kiki as Kayo Sugumo
• Kunie Tanaka as Kenkichi Ohara
• Chiyo Okada as Masuko
• Junko Miyazono as Teruko

See also

• List of submissions to the 39th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film