Foundry Town (1962)★ 7.2/10
- Drama
Directed by: Kirio Urayama
Written by: Chiyo Hayafune, Shôhei Imamura, Kirio Urayama
Set in Kawaguchi, just north of Tokyo in the early 60s, the movie chronicles the lives of poor foundry workers and their families; and one girl's dreams of self-improvement through going on to higher education.
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Cast & crew
Sayuri YoshinagaJunMitsuo HamadaKatsumi Tsukamoto
Eijirô TônoTatsugorô Ishiguro (Jun's father)Shōichi OzawaTeacher at the Juvenile Classification Office
Kazuko YoshiyukiWoman Worker
Taiji TonoyamaMatsunaga
Takeshi KatôMr. Noda
Tanie KitabayashiUmeTokuko SugiyamaTomi (Jun's mother)
Kin SugaiMiyo
Jun HamamuraNobuo KawakamiDetective
Akiji KobayashiHei-sanTsutomu ShimomotoTôgoYoshio IchikawaTakayukiHideki MorisakaSankichiMitsuko SuzukiYoshie Kanayama
Ikunosuke KoizumiMaster at ramen shopHideo TakayamaMasahiro KinoshitaTetsuo MizoiUchiyama
Tomio AokiWorker AHajime SugiyamaBoy CKikuo KawakatsuNoppoJunko HiyoshiNobuko NakajimaKayoko AokiRisu-chanSanpei MineTōru SumiawaWorker BHidemi TōgōTakaaki NishidaZukuIsao SakamotoShimizuKiyoshi MatsukawaShinsaku TakatsukiHarumichi TakedaBoy aYoshio TsuchidaWorker CTamehisa AidaBartenderTakashi ÔkawaKawai OkadaKaori-chanKiyoshi KimuraÔ TezukaMilk Delivery BoyKeiko KitaideKyô Iwaki (uncredited)Norihisa TanigishiBoy B (uncredited)