Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, the environment is so polluted that the plants in the fields die and the air, which is laden with toxic smoke, can no longer be breathed. But Saburo, the grandson of the village elder, can no longer put up with this and forms the resistance of the villagers. In Junpei, the idealistic employee of Hitachi, he finds an unexpected ally, and together they fight for a way to save the village.
Directed by Katsuya Matsumura
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TrailerA Town and a Tall Chimney (Trailer) – 2020 im Programm des 21. Japan-Filmfest Hamburg (JFFH)
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Asato Ide
Saburo Sekine
Dai Watanabe
Junpei Kaya
Riria Kojima
Chiho Kaya
Koji Kikkawa
Yoshinosuke Kihara
Tatsuya Nakadai
Hyoma Sekine
Shinya Owada
Professor Shimura
Ayako Kobayashi
Fumi
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Kisaragi
Naomasa Musaka
Yoshinosuke Omura
Mitsunori Isaki
Tsuneyoshi Sekine
Masanori Ishii
Namizo Ohira
Yukijiro Hotaru
Yao Sadakichi
Yousuke Saito
Gondo
Atsushi Shinohara
Saemon Hirabayashi
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