

The Blacksmith of the Forest
1929 Directed by Hiroshi ShimizuA blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.
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Masao Inoue
....................................................Kyosuke Ikeda

Kaoru Futaba
....................................................Toyono Ikeda

Eiji Oshimoto
....................................................Ichiro Ikeda

Ichiro Yuki
....................................................Jiro Ikeda

Shoichi Nodera
....................................................Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)

Kinuyo Tanaka
....................................................Omitsu

Hideo Fujino
....................................................Village Mayor
Director
...........................................................Hiroshi Shimizu
Writer
...........................................................Tokusaburo Murakami
Assistant Director
...........................................................Yasushi Sasaki
Minoru Matsui
Cinematography
...........................................................Tarō Sasaki
Production Companies
...................................................Shochiku
Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)
Production Countries
........................................................Japan
Spoken Languages
....................................................No Language
Genres
....................................................Drama
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