Foundry Town (1962)

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

Cast (34)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Jun

Mitsuo Hamada

Tsukamoto, Katsumi

Eijirō Tōno

Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

Shoichi Ozawa

Tokuko Sugiyama

Tomi (Jun's mother)

Takeshi Katō

Mr. Noda

Tanie Kitabayashi

Ume

Kin Sugai

Miyo

Y

Yoshio Ichikawa

Takayuki

Taiji Tonoyama

Matsunaga

Tomio Aoki

Worker A

Nobuo Kawakami

Detective

K

Keiko Kitaide

Akiji Kobayashi

Hei-san

I

Ikunosuke Koizumi

Master at ramen shop

S

Sanpei Mine

K

Kawai Okada

Kaori-chan

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Tôgo

T

Tōru Sumikawa

Worker B

Y

Yoshio Tsuchida

Worker C

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Woman Worker

Jun Hamamura

H

Hideki Morisaka

Sankichi

M

Mitsuko Suzuki

Yoshie Kanayama

H

Hideo Takayama

M

Masahiro Kinoshita

T

Tetsuo Mizoi

Uchiyama

H

Hajime Sugiyama

J

Junko Hiyoshi

Nobuko Nakajima

H

Hidemi Togo

K

Kiyoshi Matsukawa

T

Tamehisa Aida

T

Takashi Okawa

Kiyoshi Kimura

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