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.

Drama

Yoshio Harada

Tomoko Kitagawa

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Lily

Yasuhi Nakamura

Miako Tadano

Ittoku Kishibe

Akira Emoto

(Toyohashi, sculptor)

Kazue Tsunogae

(Toyohashi's wife)

Kirin Kiki

(Fan of Kyushiro)

Ken Watanabe

Kyoka Suzuki

Etsushi Toyokawa

Rena Tanaka

Ryoko Hirosue

(Flea Market Girl)

Yuko Tanaka

Terry Ito

Mitsuru Hirata

(Yuki's father)

Koba Hayashi

(Yuki's granfather)

Yutaka Matsushige

Kōta Kusano

Yuriko Hirooka

(Maya's shop clerk)

Toshiki Ayata

Katsumi Takahashi

Suzuki Matsuo

(Manager of the billiard hall)

Aya Enjoji

Nejime Shoichi

Nao Omori

Kaori Fujii

Satoko Abe

(Shosuke's girlfriend)

Sadao Abe

(Takafuji's friend)

Shingo Katsurayama

Bunmei Tobayama

Ito Yozaburo

Toshiya Nagasawa

(Tatsuya's older brother)

Keishi Nagatsuka

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

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

Yuko Miyamoto

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

Kiichi Sonobe

Kagetora Miura

Yoshiki Hayakawa