The Blacksmith of the Forest
1929 · 93 min
Drama
★ 8.0A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.
Crew
- Director Hiroshi Shimizu
- Writer Tokusaburo Murakami
- Director of Photography Tarō Sasaki
Cast
Masao Inoue
Kyosuke Ikeda
Kaoru Futaba
Toyono Ikeda
Eiji Oshimoto
Ichiro Ikeda
Ichiro Yuki
Jiro Ikeda
Shoichi Nodera
Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)
Kinuyo Tanaka
Omitsu
Hideo Fujino
Village Mayor
- S
Shin'ichirô Komura
Tomisaku (Mayor's son)
Hisao Yoshitani
Gosaku, the Villager
Takeshi Sakamoto
School Teacher
- E
Eiko Takamatsu
Otane
Kanji Kawara
Kiyohiko Sugimoto
Crew
- Director — Hiroshi Shimizu
- Writer — Tokusaburo Murakami
- Director of Photography — Tarō Sasaki
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