Mole Alley
1953, Japanese. Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 7 May 1953
- Original title
- もぐら横丁
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Hiroshi Shimizu
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Mole Alley runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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Mole Alley isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 May 1953. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Mole Alley?
Mole Alley (1953) was directed by Hiroshi Shimizu and stars Minoru Chiaki, Shigeru Amachi, Kazuo Dan.