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.

Directed by Buichi Saitō

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Cast

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

Zenpei Saga

Jiro's father

Hideaki Nitani

Teacher Mori

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