The Song of the Cart

The Song of the Cart (1959)

荷車の歌

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

Date of release
1959-02-11
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (10)
Runtime
2h 25m
Genres
Drama
Director
Satsuo Yamamoto

Casting

Interesting facts

Ballad of the Cart a.k.a. Song of the Cart is a 1959 Japanese drama film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. It was written by Yoshikata Yoda, based on a novel by activist Tomoe Yamashiro.

Production

The production of Ballad of the Cart was funded with the help of Japan's National Association of Women Farmers and produced by the National Rural Film Association. Screenwriter Yoshikata Yoda, a frequent collaborator of director Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted Tomoe Yamashiro's 1956 novel of the same name, a notable post-war example of Japanese "peasant literature".

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