Eddy Currents of Life (1964)

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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.

Date of release

1964-11-22

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Buichi Saitō

Casting

• Sayuri Yoshinaga — Fumiko Hayashi
• Mitsuo Hamada — Kohei Osugi
• Ken Yamauchi — Jiro Sasaki
• Midori Tashiro — Tsugiko Sasaki
• Tomoko Naraoka — Mino Hayashi
• Kenjirō Ishiyama
• Eijirō Tōno — Shigesuke Hayashi
• Sadako Sawamura — Teacher Ikegami
• Ayako Hosho
• Kyoko Hori — Teacher Gunda
• Daizaburo Hirata — Jiro's older brother
• Zenji Yamada

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