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Somersault on the Way is a film of genre Drama directed by Torajirō Saitō with Hibari Misora

Somersault on the Way (1951)

Somersault on the Way
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Genres Drama,    Musical

Tonbo kaeri dōchū (とんぼ返り道中) is a 1950 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Torajiro Saito.

Actors

Hibari Misora

(Chomatsu)Yoshiko Tsubouchi

(Oito)
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