The Whispered City

Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.

Yoshio Harada

(Kyushiro)

Tomoko Kitagawa

(Yuki)

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

(Tatsuya)

Lily

(Yoko)

Yasuhi Nakamura

(Hayashi)

Miako Tadano

(Mia)

Ittoku Kishibe

(Policeman A)

Akira Emoto

(Toyohashi, sculptor)

Kazue Tsunogae

(Toyohashi's wife)

Kirin Kiki

(Fan of Kyushiro)

Ken Watanabe

(Ishida)

Kyoka Suzuki

(Maya)

Etsushi Toyokawa

(Playwriter)

Rena Tanaka

(Reiko)

Ryoko Hirosue

(Flea Market Girl)

Yuko Tanaka

(Fukuko)

Terry Ito

(ATM client)

Mitsuru Hirata

(Yuki's father)

Koba Hayashi

(Yuki's granfather)

Yutaka Matsushige

(Policeman B)

Kōta Kusano

(Kanda)

Yuriko Hirooka

(Maya's shop clerk)

Toshiki Ayata

(Nemoto)

Katsumi Takahashi

(Sakura)

Suzuki Matsuo

(Manager of the billiard hall)

Aya Enjoji

(Yoshioka)

Nejime Shoichi

(Yoshioka)

Nao Omori

(Takato)

Kaori Fujii

(Shizuko)

Satoko Abe

(Shosuke's girlfriend)

Sadao Abe

(Takafuji's friend)

Shingo Katsurayama

(Tashiro)

Bunmei Tobayama

(Jingu)

Ito Yozaburo

(Driver)

Toshiya Nagasawa

(Tatsuya's older brother)

Keishi Nagatsuka

(Shosuke)

Rei Asakura

(Kenichi's friend)

Hiroyuki Oki

(Kenichi's friend)

Hajime Yamaoka

(Member of the Oregenza troupe)

Bansuke Kasamatsu

(Member of the Oregenza troupe)

Yoji Tanaka

(Okamura)

Asako Kobayashi

(Fujiko's housekeeper)

Kiyomi Aratani

(Signboard maker)

Takuji Suzuki

(達也の友人)

Shinobu Yaguchi

(達也の友人)

Isshin Inudo

(達也の友人)

Yoshiyuki Morishita

(Scoutman B)

Yuko Miyamoto

(Yan)

Seiroku Nakazawa

(工事人夫A)

Ei Kawakami

(Construction Laborer B, policeman)

Michio Akiyama

(Art Club Teacher)

Shiori Ito

(Aki (girl who draws))

Hidetoshi Kawaya

(Policeman)

Kiichi Sonobe

(Policeman)

Kagetora Miura

(Policeman)

Yoshiki Hayakawa

(Bar client)