Eddy Currents of Life
1h 37m
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
Unknown
Eijirō Tōno
Shigesuke Hayashi
Sadako Sawamura
Teacher Ikegami
Ayako Hosho
Unknown
Kyoko Hori
Teacher Gunda
Daizaburo Hirata
Jiro's older brother
Zenji Yamada
Unknown
Zenpei Saga
Jiro's father
Hideaki Nitani
Teacher Mori
Arihiro Fujimura
Kikumaru Segawa
Crew
Buichi Saitō
Director
Kimiaki Koyamazaki
Screenplay
Sumie Tanaka
Screenplay
Mitsuo Kondō
Editor
Kazumi Iwasa
Director of Photography
Noboru Kaji
Assistant Director
Tsuneo Furuyama
Sound Recordist
Mitsuo Onishi
Lighting Technician
Taichiro Kosugi
Original Music Composer
Hisako Tateishi
Dialect Coach
Fumiko Hayashi
Original Story
Takeharu Sakaguchi
Art Direction