The Hill is Full of Flowers (1963) featured a cast of 30 tracked actors. Of these, 3 (21%) are still alive today and 11 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Misako Watanabe, age 93. This film starred Ruriko Asaoka and Tamio Kawachi.
21% still with us· verified cast11% of full cast · incl. 13 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 21% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 73.8 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast30 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1963 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ruriko Asaoka Miwako Kazuki | Miwako Kazuki | Living | 02/07/1940 | 86 | — | 23 |
 Tamio Kawachi Masaya Nozaki | Masaya Nozaki | Deceased | 21/07/1938 | 79 | 10/02/2018 | 25 |
 Hideaki Nitani Teizô Noro | Teizô Noro | Deceased | 28/01/1930 | 81 | 07/01/2012 | 33 |
 Akira Yamanouchi Haruo Ishiyama (as Akira Yamauchi) | Haruo Ishiyama (as Akira Yamauchi) | Deceased | 11/07/1921 | 72 | 29/10/1993 | 42 |
 Sachiko Murase Setsu Noro | Setsu Noro | Deceased | 21/03/1905 | 88 | 09/10/1993 | 58 |
 Chōko Iida Okuni | Okuni | Deceased | 15/04/1897 | 75 | 26/12/1972 | 66 |
 Tomo'o Nagai Kenkichi Kimura | Kenkichi Kimura | Deceased | 14/06/1914 | 77 | 17/06/1991 | 49 |
Midori Asakaze Fusae Akutsu | Fusae Akutsu | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Tatsuo Matsushita Yûzô Takabatake | Yûzô Takabatake | Deceased | 13/03/1912 | 73 | 20/08/1985 | 51 |
Tsutomu Shimogen Takasaki | Takasaki | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Toshie Takada Hisako Iwamoto | Hisako Iwamoto | Living | 03/03/1935 | 91 | — | 28 |
 Yuzo Kiura Fusae's husband | Fusae's husband | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Yōko Kozono Ayako Kanzaki | Ayako Kanzaki | Deceased | 16/10/1932 | 92 | 10/07/2025 | 31 |
| Presumed Deceased | 01/01/1918 | 108 | — | 45 | ||
Masaru Kamiyama Takano | Takano | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Presumed Deceased | 10/07/1915 | 111 | — | 48 | ||
Akira Hisamatsu (as Kôsuke Hisamatsu) | (as Kôsuke Hisamatsu) | Presumed Deceased | 22/02/1909 | 117 | — | 54 |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
Masako Urushizawa Receptionist at hospital | Receptionist at hospital | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Dokô Kihara Oden shop owner | Oden shop owner | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Etsuko Takeuchi Secretary | Secretary | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| Unverified | — | — | — | — | ||
Higashi Harachi Fumiko Noro | Fumiko Noro | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Hidekazu Tagaya Kazuo Takabatake | Kazuo Takabatake | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Satomi Tachibana Kimiko Takabatake | Kimiko Takabatake | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Mitsuyo Furuya Yôko Ishiyama | Yôko Ishiyama | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Mitsunobu Kaneko Akira Noro | Akira Noro | Deceased | 25/09/1957 | 39 | 11/06/1997 | 6 |
 Misako Watanabe Asako Shiraishi | Asako Shiraishi | Living | 23/10/1932 | 93 | — | 31 |
 Yūnosuke Itō President Yamada | President Yamada | Deceased | 03/08/1919 | 60 | 11/03/1980 | 44 |
 Yōko Katsuragi Nobuko Takabatake | Nobuko Takabatake | Deceased | 06/04/1930 | 76 | 01/03/2007 | 33 |
