The Blacksmith of the Forest (1929)

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.

Cast (18)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Masao Inoue

Kyosuke Ikeda

Kaoru Futaba

Toyono Ikeda

Eiji Oshimoto

Ichiro Ikeda

Ichiro Yuki

Jiro Ikeda

Shoichi Nodera

Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)

Kinuyo Tanaka

Omitsu

Hideo Fujino

Village Mayor

S

Shin'ichirô Komura

Tomisaku (Mayor's son)

Hisao Yoshitani

Gosaku, the Villager

Takeshi Sakamoto

School Teacher

E

Eiko Takamatsu

Otane

Kanji Kawara

Kiyohiko Sugimoto

Fumiko Okamura

Kaoru Shimada

Shintarô Takiguchi

Shoichi Kofujita

Yoko Fujita

Mitsuko Takao

F

Fusako Fujita

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