The Blacksmith of the Forest
森の鍛冶屋
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.
1929-01-05
ja
Cast
Director
Hiroshi Shimizu
Masao Inoue as Kyosuke Ikeda
Kaoru Futaba as Toyono Ikeda
Eiji Oshimoto as Ichiro Ikeda
Ichiro Yuki as Jiro Ikeda
Shoichi Nodera as Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)
Kinuyo Tanaka as Omitsu
Hideo Fujino as Village Mayor
Hisao Yoshitani as Gosaku, the Villager
Takeshi Sakamoto as School Teacher
Kanji Kawara as Kiyohiko Sugimoto
Fumiko Okamura as Kaoru Shimada
Shintarô Takiguchi
Shoichi Kofujita
Yoko Fujita
Mitsuko Takao