Preparation for the Festival
1975, Japanese. Directed by Kazuo Kuroki.
Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Kazuo KurokiDirector
- Jun EtohTateo Oki
- Keiko TakeshitaRyoko Kamioka
- Rie KatsuragiMayumi Nakajima
- Miki SugimotoMiyoko Nakajima
- Haruko MabuchiTokiyo Oki
- Jun HamamuraShigeyoshi Oki
- Hiroshi InuzukaShinkin bank manager
- Sue MitobeYasu Nakajima
- Chisako HaraSakae Hattori
- Moeko EzawaCast
- Tomoko MayamaNoshiko Shimamura
- Yudai IshiyamaSadakazu Nakajima
Details
- Released
- 8 November 1975
- Original title
- 祭りの準備
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Takehiro Nakajima
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Preparation for the Festival runs 117 minutes (1h 57m).
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Preparation for the Festival isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 November 1975. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Preparation for the Festival?
Preparation for the Festival (1975) was directed by Kazuo Kuroki and stars Jun Etoh, Keiko Takeshita, Rie Katsuragi.