Ballad of a Workman

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.

• Keisuke KinoshitaScreenplay
• Keisuke KinoshitaDirector
• Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer

• Hideko TakamineTorae Nonaka
• Keiji SadaYoshio Nonaka, Torae's husband
• Yoshiko KugaChiyo
• Chieko BaishoMiyoko Ishikawa, Toshiyuki's girlfriend
• Toyozō YamamotoToshiyuki Nonaka, Torae's son
• Kiyoshi NonomuraMr. Mochizuki
• Kin SugaiMrs. Mochizuki
• Teruko KishiYoshio's mother
• Toranosuke OgawaYoshio's father
• Takeshi SakamotoCast
• Nobuo TakagiCast
• Ippei SoudaCast