Searing Wind (1943)
Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast furnaces that prevent increased production. The film was shot on location at the actual Yawata Steel Works for an extended period of time, and special effects were created using a miniature blast furnace that closely reproduces the actual one.
Director:
Satsuo Yamamoto
Writers:
Shizuo Komori, Toshio Yasumi.
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Susumu Fujita as Kensuke Shibata |
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Setsuko Hara as Kumiko Takagi |
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Isao Numasaki as Tatsuo Kikuchi |
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Yataro Kurokawa as |
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Ichirō Sugai as Grandfather Yoshino |
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Ranko Hanai as Yasuko |
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Sōji Kiyokawa as Manager Okami |
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Kenzo Asada as Yamaguchi |
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Kyōzō Fuyuki as Shiroi |
| Writing | Shizuo Komori | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shunsaku Iwashita | Novel |
| Sound | Jiang Wen-Ye | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Masao Tozuka | Production Design |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Seiichi Kizuka | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Satsuo Yamamoto | Director |