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Ballad of a Workman poster

Ballad of a Workman (1962)

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.

Release: 1962-08-12
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: 5.7 / 10
Cast
Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine
Torae Nonaka
Keiji Sada
Keiji Sada
Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
Yoshiko Kuga
Yoshiko Kuga
Chiyo
Chieko Baisho
Chieko Baisho
Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
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Toyozō Yamamoto
Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son
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Kiyoshi Nonomura
Mr. Mochizuki
Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai
Mrs. Mochizuki
Teruko Kishi
Teruko Kishi
Yoshio's mother
Toranosuke Ogawa
Toranosuke Ogawa
Yoshio's father
Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
Nobuo Takagi
Nobuo Takagi
Ippei Souda
Ippei Souda
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Tsutomu Niijima
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Yôji Doki
Torahiko Hamada
Torahiko Hamada
Chieko Misaki
Chieko Misaki
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Mitsuyo Mizushima
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Mariko Aoyama