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Ballad of a Workman (1962)

1h 42m · 12 Aug 1962
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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.

Movie ID42476
GenreDrama
DirectorKeisuke Kinoshita
Main castHideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chieko Baisho, Toyozō Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Nonomura, Kin Sugai, Teruko Kishi
Release date12 August 1962
Release year1962
LanguageJapanese
Duration102 min (1h 42m)
Rating6.1 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseShochiku

Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Writers: Keisuke Kinoshita

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Hideko TakamineTorae Nonaka Keiji SadaYoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband Yoshiko KugaChiyo Chieko BaishoMiyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
Toyozō YamamotoToshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son
Kiyoshi NonomuraMr. Mochizuki
Kin SugaiMrs. Mochizuki Teruko KishiYoshio's mother Toranosuke OgawaYoshio's father Takeshi Sakamoto Nobuo Takagi Ippei Souda
Tsutomu Niijima
Yôji Doki
Torahiko Hamada Chieko Misaki
Mitsuyo Mizushima
Mariko Aoyama
Yachiyo Ōhashi

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