Eddy Currents of Life
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.
Release Date
November 22, 1964Runtime
97 minDirected by
Buichi Saitō, Noboru KajiScreenplay by
Sumie Tanaka, Kimiaki KoyamazakiLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Fumiko HayashiMitsuo Hamada
Kohei OsugiKen Yamauchi
Jiro SasakiMidori Tashiro
Tsugiko SasakiTomoko Naraoka
Mino HayashiKenjirō Ishiyama
Eijirō Tōno
Shigesuke HayashiSadako Sawamura
Teacher IkegamiKyoko Hori
Teacher GundaDaizaburo Hirata
Jiro's older brotherZenji Yamada
Zenpei Saga
Jiro's fatherHideaki Nitani
Teacher MoriArihiro Fujimura
Kikumaru Segawa