Hymn to a Tired Man

Name: Hymn to a Tired Man
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-06-08
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Makoto Fujita, Michiyo Aratama, Toshio Kurosawa, Wakako Sakai, Kunie Tanaka

1968·Drama·2h 10m

7.3

★

During WWII, Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son has fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi

based on novel or book

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.6 / 5

Cast

Makoto Fujita

Zensaku

Michiyo Aratama

Yosiko

Toshio Kurosawa

Renji Mukaizaka

Wakako Sakai

Mariko Suzuki

Kunie Tanaka

Hisataro Ohno

Kei Satō

Takenori Suzuki

Masao Mishima

Narrator (voice)

Tomoko Naraoka

Miyo Mukaizaka

Michiyo Aratama

Yoshiko Hide

Yoko Kiku

Sakiko Kosaka

Tokue Hanazawa

Shosuke Toyama

Isao Hashimoto

Kazuo Kaneko

Crew

Masaki Kobayashi

Director

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Shūsaku Endō

Novel

Popular Reviews

3 reviews

Eclectic Sorcerer

8.0★ · 11/06/25

An anti war epic I sadly had to find on a russian rip site. Please I beg Criterion to remaster all his films and put them in the collection!

Eclectic Sorcerer

8.0★ · 11/06/25

An anti war epic I sadly had to find on a russian rip site. Please I beg Criterion to remaster all his films and put them in the collection!

zachzach

6.0★ · 04/01/24

Major pacing issues. Trying to talk about too many things at once. Stop loathing your wife for no fucking reason