Drama · Japan · 1957 · 57m

Down Town

下町

Down Town poster
Director
Yasuki Chiba
Cast
Isuzu Yamada as Riyo Yazawa Toshirō Mifune as Yoshio Tsuruishi Haruo Tanaka as Jun Tatara as Keiko Awaji as Chieko Murata as
Crew
Rokurô Nishigaki — Director of Photography Akira Ifukube — Original Music Composer Ryōzō Kasahara — Writer Seiya Yoshida — Writer Fumiko Hayashi — Story Sanezumi Fujimoto — Producer
Synopsis

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.

Mood & Themes
tokyo, japanpost warpost war japanshitamachipostwar recovery
Key Collaborators
Yasuki Chiba Director Rokurô Nishigaki Director of Photography Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer Ryōzō Kasahara Writer Seiya Yoshida Writer Fumiko Hayashi Story Sanezumi Fujimoto Producer Satoru Chūko Production Design
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