Ballad of a Workman

Ballad of a Workman

6.1 1962 | 102 min

Drama

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.

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KEY CREW
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Keisuke Kinoshita
Writer
Masao Shirai
Producer
Keisuke Kinoshita
Producer
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Shochiku
Shochiku
COUNTRY & LANGUAGE

Production Countries:

Japan

Spoken Languages:

Japanese
USER ACTIONS
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TOP 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
Nobuo Takagi
Ippei Souda

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