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Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Fumiko Hayashi

Mitsuo Hamada

Mitsuo Hamada

Kohei Osugi

Ken Yamauchi

Ken Yamauchi

Jiro Sasaki

Midori Tashiro

Midori Tashiro

Tsugiko Sasaki

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Mino Hayashi

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Shigesuke Hayashi

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Teacher Ikegami

Ayako Hosho

Ayako Hosho

Kyoko Hori

Kyoko Hori

Teacher Gunda

Daizaburo Hirata

Daizaburo Hirata

Jiro's older brother

Zenji Yamada

Zenji Yamada

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

Jiro's father

Hideaki Nitani

Hideaki Nitani

Teacher Mori

Arihiro Fujimura

Arihiro Fujimura

Kikumaru Segawa

Crew

Kimiaki Koyamazaki

Kimiaki Koyamazaki

Screenplay

Taichiro Kosugi

Taichiro Kosugi

Original Music Composer

Tsuneo Furuyama

Tsuneo Furuyama

Sound Recordist

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Takeharu Sakaguchi

Art Direction

Sumie Tanaka

Sumie Tanaka

Screenplay

Noboru Kaji

Noboru Kaji

Assistant Director

Fumiko Hayashi

Fumiko Hayashi

Original Story

Kazumi Iwasa

Kazumi Iwasa

Director of Photography

Hisako Tateishi

Hisako Tateishi

Dialect Coach

Mitsuo Kondō

Mitsuo Kondō

Editor

Buichi Saitō

Buichi Saitō

Director

Mitsuo Onishi

Mitsuo Onishi

Lighting Technician

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Eddy Currents of Life

19640.0 / 1097 min

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.