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Hibari no komoriuta (1951)

Hibari no komoriuta poster
Original title
ひばりの子守唄
Directed by
Koji Shima
Genre
comedy, family, drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 21m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Twin sisters who were separated at birth meet by chance at a summer camp. They hatch a plan to switch places and reunite their divorced parents.

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What happens

Hibari no komoriuta (Japanese: ひばりの子守唄; lit. "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Koji Shima. The movie is based on Lisa and Lottie (German: Das doppelte Lottchen), a 1949 novel by Erich Kästner, which was later adapted as the 1961 film The Parent Trap. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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