Overview
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Toshiro Mayuzumi
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Shinsaku Himeda
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Chiyo HayafuneNovel
- Kirio UrayamaScreenplay
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
- Original title
- キューポラのある街
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 8, 1962
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
Production
Cast
Sayuri YoshinagaJun
Mitsuo HamadaTsukamoto, Katsumi
Eijirō TōnoIshiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
Shoichi Ozawa
Tokuko SugiyamaTomi (Jun's mother)
Takeshi KatōMr. Noda
Tanie KitabayashiUme
Kin SugaiMiyo- Yoshio IchikawaTakayuki
Taiji TonoyamaMatsunaga
Tomio AokiWorker A
Nobuo KawakamiDetective- Keiko Kitaide
Akiji KobayashiHei-san- Ikunosuke KoizumiMaster at ramen shop
- Sanpei Mine
- Kawai OkadaKaori-chan
Tsutomu ShimomotoTôgo- Tōru SumikawaWorker B
- Yoshio TsuchidaWorker C
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