Hot Wind

1h 48m
Drama
0

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.

Cast

Susumu Fujita
Kensuke Shibata
Setsuko Hara
Kumiko Takagi
Isao Numasaki
Tatsuo Kikuchi
Yataro Kurokawa
Unknown
Ichirō Sugai
Grandfather Yoshino
Ranko Hanai
Yasuko
Sōji Kiyokawa
Manager Okami
Kenzo Asada
Yamaguchi
Kyōzō Fuyuki
Shiroi

Crew

Satsuo Yamamoto
Director
Shizuo Komori
Screenplay
Toshio Yasumi
Screenplay
Shunsaku Iwashita
Novel
Seiichi Kizuka
Director of Photography
Masao Tozuka
Production Design
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects
Jiang Wen-Ye
Original Music Composer

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