Akiko (film) explained

Akiko
Language:	Italian

Akiko is a 1961 Italian comedy film written and directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

In Rome, Mrs. Ottavia Colasanto has not had news of her husband since he went to Japan eighteen years ago. She is considered practically a widow. One day, a very beautiful young Japanese girl arrives. She notifies the Colasanto family that she is the biological daughter of Ottavia's (presumably) deceased husband.

Cast

• Akiko Wakabayashi as Akiko
• Pierre Brice as Duilio
• Marisa Merlini as Ottavia Colasanto
• Memmo Carotenuto as Armando Piffero
• as Anita Colasanto
• Valeria Fabrizi as Tosca
• Andrea Checchi as Sor Egisto
• Marcello Paolini as Serse Colasanto
• Giacomo Furia as Peppe, aka "Er Campanaro"
• Giuseppe Chinnici as the commissioner
• as the referee in the ring
• Paolo Ferrari as "Terzo Braccio"
• Paolo Panelli as Felice
• Carlo Taranto
• as little boy asking for a cigarette
  • Ettore Zamperini

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberto Chiti . Roberto Poppi . Enrico Lancia . Mario Pecorari . Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. 1991 . Gremese Editore, 1992. 8876055932.
2. Book: Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. 8860736269.