Where Chimneys Are Seen

Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)

煙突の見える場所

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.

Date of release
1953-03-05
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Drama
Director
Heinosuke Gosho

Casting

Interesting facts

Where Chimneys Are Seen , also titled Four Chimneys, is a 1953 Japanese comedy-drama film directed by Heinosuke Gosho. Based on the novel Mujaki na hitobito by Rinzō Shiina, Where Chimneys Are Seen is regarded as one of Gosho's most important and well-known films and a typical example of the shōshimin-eiga genre.

Production and release

Where Chimneys Are Seen was produced by Gosho's own production company Studio Eight (1950–1954) and distributed by Shintoho studios. The film was shown in competition at the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.

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