Ballad of a Workman

Name: Ballad of a Workman
Genre: Drama
Released: 1962
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.143

1962 · 102 min

Drama

★ 6.1

Criterion

Trailer

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.

Crew

Director Keisuke Kinoshita
Screenplay Keisuke Kinoshita
Director of Photography Hiroshi Kusuda

Cast

Hideko Takamine
Torae Nonaka
Keiji Sada
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Yoshiko Kuga
Chiyo
Chieko Baisho
Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
T
Toyozō Yamamoto
Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son
K
Kiyoshi Nonomura
Mr. Mochizuki
Kin Sugai
Mrs. Mochizuki
Teruko Kishi
Yoshio's mother
Toranosuke Ogawa
Yoshio's father
Takeshi Sakamoto
Nobuo Takagi
Ippei Souda

Crew

Director — Keisuke Kinoshita
Screenplay — Keisuke Kinoshita
Director of Photography — Hiroshi Kusuda

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Intermission

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