Foundry Town (1962)
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
Director:
Kirio Urayama
Writers:
Kirio Urayama, Shōhei Imamura.
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as Jun |
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Mitsuo Hamada as Tsukamoto, Katsumi |
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Eijirō Tōno as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father) |
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Shoichi Ozawa as |
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Tokuko Sugiyama as Tomi (Jun's mother) |
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Takeshi Katō as Mr. Noda |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as Ume |
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Kin Sugai as Miyo |
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Yoshio Ichikawa as Takayuki |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Matsunaga |
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Tomio Aoki as Worker A |
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Nobuo Kawakami as Detective |
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Keiko Kitaide as |
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Akiji Kobayashi as Hei-san |
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Ikunosuke Koizumi as Master at ramen shop |
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Sanpei Mine as |
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Kawai Okada as Kaori-chan |
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Tsutomu Shimomoto as Tôgo |
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Tōru Sumikawa as Worker B |
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Yoshio Tsuchida as Worker C |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Woman Worker |
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Jun Hamamura as |
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Hideki Morisaka as Sankichi |
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Mitsuko Suzuki as Yoshie Kanayama |
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Hideo Takayama as |
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Masahiro Kinoshita as |
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Tetsuo Mizoi as Uchiyama |
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Hajime Sugiyama as |
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Junko Hiyoshi as Nobuko Nakajima |
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Hidemi Togo as |
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Kiyoshi Matsukawa as |
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Tamehisa Aida as |
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Takashi Okawa as |
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Kiyoshi Kimura as |
| Writing | Chiyo Hayafune | Novel |
| Art | Kimihiko Nakamura | Production Design |
| Directing | Kirio Urayama | Director |
| Camera | Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kirio Urayama | Screenplay |
| Writing | Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
| Production | Kano Otsuka | Producer |
| Editing | Mutsuo Tanji | Editor |
| Sound | Tsuneo Furuyama | Sound Recordist |