Eddy Currents of Life (1964)
Overview
It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and Fumiko finds herself in financial trouble, not being able to pay for her schooling and her school excursion trip. Still, she gets a temporary job at a factory and tries to make ends meet. A film about bright side of youth adapted from the television serial of the same name.
Cast
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Fumiko Hayashi
Mitsuo Hamada
Kohei Osugi
Ken Yamauchi
Jiro Sasaki
Midori Tashiro
Tsugiko Sasaki
Tomoko Naraoka
Mino Hayashi
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Eijirō Tōno
Shigesuke Hayashi
Sadako Sawamura
Teacher Ikegami
Kyoko Hori
Teacher Gunda
Daizaburo Hirata
Jiro's older brother
Zenji Yamada
Zenpei Saga
Jiro's father
Hideaki Nitani
Teacher Mori
Arihiro Fujimura
Kikumaru SegawaRecommendations
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