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Original title

Shitamachi

Year

1957

Running time

57 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Yasuki Chiba

Screenwriter

Ryozo Kasahara, Seiya Yoshida. Story: Fumiko Hayashi

Cast

Music

Akira Ifukube

Cinematography

Rokurô Nishigaki (B&W)

Producer

Toho

Genre

Drama. Romance | Half-length Film

Synopsis

A young Japanese woman, widowed in the Second World War, has her young son to raise but can find nothing else to live for. Grief for her lost husband and her diminished circumstances nearly overwhelms her. When a plain-spoken workman comes to work for her, she finds new meaning in life and a strength that enables her to withstand new tragedies.

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Downtown

1957

Yasuki Chiba