The Blacksmith of the Forest

1h 33min

Drama

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.

Production Companies

Shochiku

Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)

Cast

Masao Inoue

Masao Inoue

Kyosuke Ikeda
Kaoru Futaba

Kaoru Futaba

Toyono Ikeda
Eiji Oshimoto

Eiji Oshimoto

Ichiro Ikeda
Ichiro Yuki

Ichiro Yuki

Jiro Ikeda
Shoichi Nodera

Shoichi Nodera

Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)
Hideo Fujino

Hideo Fujino

Village Mayor
Shin'ichirô Komura

Shin'ichirô Komura

Tomisaku (Mayor's son)
Hisao Yoshitani

Hisao Yoshitani

Gosaku, the Villager
Takeshi Sakamoto

Takeshi Sakamoto

School Teacher
Kanji Kawara

Kanji Kawara

Kiyohiko Sugimoto
Fumiko Okamura

Fumiko Okamura

Kaoru Shimada

Release date

5th Jan 1929

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language