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    The Blacksmith of the Forest

    93'

    1929-01-05

    8

    Drama

    Overview:

    A 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.

    DirectingHiroshi ShimizuWritingTokusaburo Murakami

    Cast

    1

    Kyosuke Ikeda

    Masao Inoue

    1

    Toyono Ikeda

    Kaoru Futaba

    1

    Ichiro Ikeda

    Eiji Oshimoto

    1

    Jiro Ikeda

    Ichiro Yuki

    1

    Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)

    Shoichi Nodera

    2

    Omitsu

    Kinuyo Tanaka

    1

    Village Mayor

    Hideo Fujino

    1

    Tomisaku (Mayor's son)

    Shin'ichirô Komura

    1

    Gosaku, the Villager

    Hisao Yoshitani

    1

    School Teacher

    Takeshi Sakamoto

    1

    Otane

    Eiko Takamatsu

    1

    Kiyohiko Sugimoto

    Kanji Kawara

    1

    Kaoru Shimada

    Fumiko Okamura

    1

    Shintarô Takiguchi

    1

    Shoichi Kofujita

    1

    Yoko Fujita

    1

    Mitsuko Takao

    1

    Fusako Fujita

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. No Language
    • List of companies:
      1. Shochiku
      2. Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.4607
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:森の鍛冶屋

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