No Blood Relation
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ABOUT THE FILM: In NO BLOOD RELATION, a gripping early example of Mikio Naruse’s cinematic boldness, featuring a screenplay by Ozu’s famed collaborator Kogo Noda, an actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before. FORMAT: 35mm DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films COUNTRY: Japan
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Cast
Shin'yō Nara
Shunsaku Atsumi
Yukiko Tsukuba
Masako, Atsumi's wife
Fumiko Katsuragi
Kishiyo, Atsumi's mother
Joji Oka
Masaya Kusakabe
Yoshiko Okada
Tamae Kiyooka
Ichiro Yuki
Keiji Makino
Kenichi Miyajima
Secretary
Toshiko Kojima
Shigeko, Atsumi's daughter
Sourced from American Cinematheque · Updated May 20, 2026
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