Many Happy Returns (教祖誕生) 30 years old

Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of the group, and becomes involved with them. The group is split into two, some members concentrating on spiritual teachings, and the others using the facade of religion to make money. The business faction dismiss the old spiritual master and choose Kazuo to lead their group.

Credits

Many Happy Returns Cast

Name Character
Susumu Terajima He was 30, now 60 years old as Man beaten up in alley
Takeshi Kitano He was 46, now 77 years old as Daisuke Shiba
Ittoku Kishibe He was 46, now 77 years old as Go
Kōji Tamaki He was 35, now 65 years old as Tetsuharu Komamura
Masato Hagiwara He was 22, now 52 years old as Kazuo Takayama
Aya Kokumai She was 22, now 53 years old as Tomoko
Kanji Tsuda He was 28, now 58 years old
Masami Shimojô He was 78, 88 years old when he died as Original 'Kyoso'
Masako Motai She was 41, now 71 years old as Masako
Miyako Yamaguchi She was 41, now 72 years old as Yoko
Yoshie Minami She was 78, 94 years old when she died as Hisae

Many Happy Returns Crew

Name Department
Hisao Nabeshima as Producer. Production
Koichi Kawakami as Director of Photography. Camera
Naoyuki Fujii as Music. He was 28 (now 59) years old Sound
Many Happy Returns poster
Many Happy Returns (30 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, November 20, 1993
  • Runtime: 95 minutes