Ballad of a Workman

1h 42m

5.7

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.

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband

Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend

Toyozō Yamamoto

Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son

Kiyoshi Nonomura

Yoshio's mother

Toranosuke Ogawa

Yoshio's father

Takeshi Sakamoto

Tsutomu Niijima

Torahiko Hamada

Mitsuyo Mizushima

Yachiyo Ōhashi

Crew

Keisuke Kinoshita

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Director of Photography

Sound Recordist

Ryozo Toyoshima

Lighting Technician

Chūji Kinoshita

Original Music Composer

Urayama Yoshiro