A Town and a Tall Chimney
2019 · 130 min
History · Drama
★ 8.0Trailer
Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, the environment is so polluted that the plants in the fields die and the air, which is laden with toxic smoke, can no longer be breathed. But Saburo, the grandson of the village elder, can no longer put up with this and forms the resistance of the villagers. In Junpei, the idealistic employee of Hitachi, he finds an unexpected ally, and together they fight for a way to save the village.
Crew
- Director Katsuya Matsumura
- Screenplay Yoshinori Watanabe
- Writer Katsuya Matsumura
- Director of Photography Tomohiko Tsuji
Cast
- A
Asato Ide
Saburo Sekine
Dai Watanabe
Junpei Kaya
Riria Kojima
Chiho Kaya
Koji Kikkawa
Yoshinosuke Kihara
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hyoma Sekine
- S
Shinya Owada
Professor Shimura
- A
Ayako Kobayashi
Fumi
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Kisaragi
Naomasa Musaka
Yoshinosuke Omura
Mitsunori Isaki
Tsuneyoshi Sekine
Masanori Ishii
Namizo Ohira
Yukijiro Hotaru
Yao Sadakichi
Crew
- Director — Katsuya Matsumura
- Screenplay — Yoshinori Watanabe
- Writer — Katsuya Matsumura
- Director of Photography — Tomohiko Tsuji
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