Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1962-04-08

Languageja

Runtime1h 40m

Production

Nikkatsu Corporation

7.8(10)

•1962•1h 40m

Foundry Town

Overview

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

Writing & Screenplay

Shōhei Imamura Kirio Urayama

Cinematography

Shinsaku Himeda

Principal Cast

34 credited

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri YoshinagaJun

Mitsuo Hamada

Mitsuo HamadaTsukamoto, Katsumi

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō TōnoIshiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

Shoichi Ozawa

Tokuko Sugiyama

Tokuko SugiyamaTomi (Jun's mother)

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi KatōMr. Noda

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie KitabayashiUme

Kin Sugai

Yoshio IchikawaTakayuki

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji TonoyamaMatsunaga

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