Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
"Entotsu no mieru basho" (original title)

Director:

Heinosuke Gosho

Writers:

Hideo Oguni, Rinzo Shiina (novel)

Stars:

Ken Uehara, Kinuyo Tanaka, Hiroshi Akutagawa

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview:
Ken Uehara	...	Ryukichi Ogata
Kinuyo Tanaka	...	Hiroko Ogata
Hiroshi Akutagawa	...	Kenzo Kubo
Hideko Takamine	...	Senko Azuma
Chieko Seki	...	Yukiko Ikeda
Haruo Tanaka	...	Chuji Tsukahara
Ranko Hanai	...	Katsuko Ishibashi
Kumeko Urabe	...	Kayo Nojima
Takeshi Sakamoto	...	Tokuji Kawamura
Eiko Miyoshi	...	Ranko
Hikaru Hoshi
Tadayoshi Nakamura
Shigeru Ogura
Eiko Ohara
Noriko Honma

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

abandoned baby | marriage | baby | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

5 March 1953 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Company Credits

Production Co:

Shintoho Film Distribution Committee

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995)

User Reviews

Great stuff

Another strong postwar melodrama of hard, hard times in Japan. This one, however, has the heartbreak undercut with a certain hopefulness and humor. A little uneven at times, and the character who starts out as the storyteller falls into the background. Still, if you get a chance to see this(it's not on video or DVD) jump at it. Nine out of ten.