
100 minutes
4/8/1962
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Jun

Mitsuo Hamada
as Tsukamoto, Katsumi

Eijirō Tōno
as Ishiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)

Shoichi Ozawa

Tokuko Sugiyama
as Tomi (Jun's mother)

Takeshi Katō
as Mr. Noda

Tanie Kitabayashi
as Ume

Kin Sugai
as Miyo
Yoshio Ichikawa
as Takayuki

Taiji Tonoyama
as Matsunaga

Tomio Aoki
as Worker A

Nobuo Kawakami
as Detective
Keiko Kitaide

Akiji Kobayashi
as Hei-san
Ikunosuke Koizumi
as Master at ramen shop
Sanpei Mine
Kawai Okada
as Kaori-chan

Tsutomu Shimomoto
as Tôgo
Tōru Sumikawa
as Worker B
Yoshio Tsuchida
as Worker C

Kazuko Yoshiyuki
as Woman Worker

Jun Hamamura
Hideki Morisaka
as Sankichi
Mitsuko Suzuki
as Yoshie Kanayama
Hideo Takayama
Masahiro Kinoshita
Tetsuo Mizoi
as Uchiyama
Hajime Sugiyama
Junko Hiyoshi
as Nobuko Nakajima
Hidemi Tōgō
Kiyoshi Matsukawa
Tamehisa Aida
Takashi Okawa

Kiyoshi Kimura