Ballad of a Workman
1962A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.
Acted in
Hideko Takamine
as Torae Nonaka
Keiji Sada
as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Yoshiko Kuga
as Chiyo
Chieko Baisho
as Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
Toyozō Yamamoto
as Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son
Kiyoshi Nonomura
as Mr. Mochizuki
Kin Sugai
as Mrs. Mochizuki
Teruko Kishi
as Yoshio's mother
Toranosuke Ogawa
as Yoshio's father
Takeshi Sakamoto
Nobuo Takagi
Ippei Souda
Tsutomu Niijima
Yôji Doki
Torahiko Hamada
Chieko Misaki
Mitsuyo Mizushima
Mariko Aoyama
Yachiyo Ōhashi