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Where to Watch Ballad of a Workman (1962)
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.
Drama 102 min
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Criterion Channel Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Torae Nonaka
- Keiji Sada as Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
- Yoshiko Kuga as Chiyo
- Chieko Baisho as Miyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
- Toyozō Yamamoto as Toshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son