Eddy Currents of Life
1964It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and Fumiko finds herself in financial trouble, not being able to pay for her schooling and her school excursion trip. Still, she gets a temporary job at a factory and tries to make ends meet. A film about bright side of youth adapted from the television serial of the same name.
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Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Fumiko Hayashi
Mitsuo Hamada
as Kohei Osugi
Ken Yamauchi
as Jiro Sasaki
Midori Tashiro
as Tsugiko Sasaki
Tomoko Naraoka
as Mino Hayashi
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Eijirō Tōno
as Shigesuke Hayashi
Sadako Sawamura
as Teacher Ikegami
Ayako Hosho
Kyoko Hori
as Teacher Gunda
Daizaburo Hirata
as Jiro's older brother
Zenji Yamada
Zenpei Saga
as Jiro's father
Hideaki Nitani
as Teacher Mori
Arihiro Fujimura
as Kikumaru Segawa