CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 2h 10m

A Town and a Tall Chimney

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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 byKatsuya Matsumura

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 10m
Language
JA
Released
June 22, 2019
Studios
K Move

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A Town and a Tall Chimney (Trailer) – 2020 im Programm des 21. Japan-Filmfest Hamburg (JFFH)

A Town and a Tall Chimney (Trailer) – 2020 im Programm des 21. Japan-Filmfest Hamburg (JFFH)

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Asato Ide

Saburo Sekine

Dai Watanabe

Dai Watanabe

Junpei Kaya

Riria Kojima

Riria Kojima

Chiho Kaya

Koji Kikkawa

Koji Kikkawa

Yoshinosuke Kihara

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Hyoma Sekine

Shinya Owada

Professor Shimura

Ayako Kobayashi

Fumi

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Kisaragi

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Yoshinosuke Omura

Mitsunori Isaki

Mitsunori Isaki

Tsuneyoshi Sekine

Creative team
Directed by
Katsuya Matsumura
Katsuya Matsumura
Written by
Yoshinori Watanabe
Katsuya Matsumura
Katsuya Matsumura
Produced by
Keiko Jonouchi
Kazuo Kame

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