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Ballad of a Workman

1962 · Keisuke Kinoshita · 102 min

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A 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.

Hideko TakamineTorae Nonaka

Keiji SadaYoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband

Yoshiko KugaChiyo

Chieko BaishoMiyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend TToyozō YamamotoToshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son KKiyoshi NonomuraMr. Mochizuki

Kin SugaiMrs. Mochizuki

Teruko KishiYoshio's mother

Toranosuke OgawaYoshio's father

Takeshi Sakamoto

Ippei Souda TTsutomu Niijima YYôji Doki

Torahiko Hamada

Cast

Hideko TakamineTorae Nonaka

Keiji SadaYoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband

Yoshiko KugaChiyo

Chieko BaishoMiyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend TToyozō YamamotoToshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son KKiyoshi NonomuraMr. Mochizuki

Kin SugaiMrs. Mochizuki

Teruko KishiYoshio's mother

Toranosuke OgawaYoshio's father

Takeshi Sakamoto

Ippei Souda TTsutomu Niijima YYôji Doki

Torahiko Hamada

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