Ballad of a Workman

1h 42m
Drama
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
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
Unknown
Nobuo Takagi
Unknown
Ippei Souda
Unknown
Tsutomu Niijima
Unknown
Yôji Doki
Unknown
Torahiko Hamada
Unknown
Chieko Misaki
Unknown
Mitsuyo Mizushima
Unknown
Mariko Aoyama
Unknown
Yachiyo Ōhashi
Unknown

Crew

Keisuke Kinoshita
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Yoshi Sugihara
Editor
Hiroshi Kusuda
Director of Photography
Masao Shirai
Producer
Hisao Ōno
Sound Recordist
Ryozo Toyoshima
Lighting Technician
Chūji Kinoshita
Original Music Composer
Urayama Yoshiro
Art Direction

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