Eddy Currents of Life

It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and Fumiko finds herself in financial trouble, not being able to pay for her schooling and her school excursion trip. Still, she gets a temporary job at a factory and tries to make ends meet. A film about bright side of youth adapted from the television serial of the same name.

• Sumie TanakaScreenplay
• Kimiaki KoyamazakiScreenplay
• Buichi SaitōDirector
• Taichiro KosugiOriginal Music Composer

• Sayuri YoshinagaFumiko Hayashi
• Mitsuo HamadaKohei Osugi
• Ken YamauchiJiro Sasaki
• Midori TashiroTsugiko Sasaki
• Tomoko NaraokaMino Hayashi
• Kenjirō IshiyamaCast
• Eijirō TōnoShigesuke Hayashi
• Sadako SawamuraTeacher Ikegami
• Ayako HoshoCast
• Kyoko HoriTeacher Gunda
• Daizaburo HirataJiro's older brother
• Zenji YamadaCast