The Wild Geese (1953 film)

The Wild Geese
Hideko Takamine and Chōko Iida
Directed byShirō Toyoda
Screenplay byMasashige Narusawa
Based onThe Wild Geese
1911-13 novel
by Mori Ōgai
Produced by
  • Ikuji Hirao
  • Kenji Kuroiwa
StarringHideko Takamine
Hiroshi Akutagawa
Jûkichi Uno
CinematographyMitsuo Miura
Edited byMasanori Tsujii
Music byDan Ikuma
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • 15 September 1953 (1953-09-15) (Japan)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Wild Geese (Japanese: , Hepburn: Gan) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda. The film is based on Mori Ōgai's novel of the same name. Hideko Takamine stars as Otama, a young woman who becomes the mistress of a married man in order to support her aging father.