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Status
Released
Release
1962
Runtime
1h 40m
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Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
34 Cast Members
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Jun
Mitsuo Hamada
Tsukamoto, Katsumi
Eijirō Tōno
Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Shoichi Ozawa
Tokuko Sugiyama
Tomi (Jun's mother)
Takeshi Katō
Mr. Noda
Tanie Kitabayashi
Ume
Kin Sugai
Miyo
Yoshio Ichikawa
Takayuki
Taiji Tonoyama
Matsunaga
Tomio Aoki
Worker A
Nobuo Kawakami
Detective
Keiko Kitaide
Akiji Kobayashi
Hei-san
Ikunosuke Koizumi
Master at ramen shop
Sanpei Mine
Kawai Okada
Kaori-chan
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Tôgo
Tōru Sumikawa
Worker B
Yoshio Tsuchida
Worker C
