Eddy Currents of Life (1964)
It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and Fumiko finds herself in financial trouble, not being able to pay for her schooling and her school excursion trip. Still, she gets a temporary job at a factory and tries to make ends meet. A film about bright side of youth adapted from the television serial of the same name.
Director:
Buichi Saitō
Writers:
Sumie Tanaka, Kimiaki Koyamazaki.
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Sayuri Yoshinaga as Fumiko Hayashi |
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Mitsuo Hamada as Kohei Osugi |
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Ken Yamauchi as Jiro Sasaki |
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Midori Tashiro as Tsugiko Sasaki |
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Tomoko Naraoka as Mino Hayashi |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama as |
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Eijirō Tōno as Shigesuke Hayashi |
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Sadako Sawamura as Teacher Ikegami |
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Ayako Hosho as |
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Kyoko Hori as Teacher Gunda |
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Daizaburo Hirata as Jiro's older brother |
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Zenji Yamada as |
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Zenpei Saga as Jiro's father |
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Hideaki Nitani as Teacher Mori |
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Arihiro Fujimura as Kikumaru Segawa |
| Writing | Fumiko Hayashi | Original Story |
| Writing | Sumie Tanaka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kimiaki Koyamazaki | Screenplay |
| Directing | Buichi Saitō | Director |
| Camera | Kazumi Iwasa | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Mitsuo Onishi | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Tsuneo Furuyama | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Takeharu Sakaguchi | Art Direction |
| Editing | Mitsuo Kondō | Editor |
| Directing | Noboru Kaji | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Taichiro Kosugi | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Hisako Tateishi | Dialect Coach |