Film
Ballad of a Workman
1962 · 1h 42m · Drama
- IMDb
- 7.0
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Overview
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.
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Criterion Channel
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Cast
Hideko Takamine
Torae Nonaka
Keiji Sada
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Yoshiko Kuga
Chiyo
Chieko Baisho
Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
Toyozō Yamamoto
Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son
Kiyoshi Nonomura
Mr. Mochizuki
Kin Sugai
Mrs. Mochizuki
Teruko Kishi
Yoshio's mother
Toranosuke Ogawa
Yoshio's father
Takeshi Sakamoto
Nobuo Takagi
Ippei Souda
Tsutomu Niijima
Yôji Doki
Torahiko Hamada
Chieko Misaki
Crew
- Keisuke KinoshitaProducer · Screenplay · Director
- Masao ShiraiProducer
- Hiroshi KusudaDirector of Photography
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
- Yoshi SugiharaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 12, 1962
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
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