Eddy Currents of Life

1h 37min

It 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.

Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Fumiko Hayashi
Mitsuo Hamada

Mitsuo Hamada

Kohei Osugi
Ken Yamauchi

Ken Yamauchi

Jiro Sasaki
Midori Tashiro

Midori Tashiro

Tsugiko Sasaki
Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Mino Hayashi
Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Shigesuke Hayashi
Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Teacher Ikegami
Kyoko Hori

Kyoko Hori

Teacher Gunda
Daizaburo Hirata

Daizaburo Hirata

Jiro's older brother
Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

Jiro's father
Hideaki Nitani

Hideaki Nitani

Teacher Mori
Arihiro Fujimura

Arihiro Fujimura

Kikumaru Segawa

Release date

22nd Nov 1964

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語