The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
114 audience votes
Key crew
- Yuji TakahashiOriginal Music Composer
- Toshi IchiyanagiOriginal Music Composer
- Hiroshi TeshigaharaDirector
- Tōru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Kōbō AbeScreenplay
Cast
- Hisashi IgawaOtsuka
- Sumie SasakiShopkeeper
- Sen YanoToyama
- Hideo KanzePoliceman
- Kunie TanakaMan in White Suit
- Kei SatōReporter
- Kazuo MiyaharaMiner's Son
- Akemi NaraWife
- Tadashi FukuroSecond Union Member
- Kikuo KaneuchiPhotographer
- Kanichi ÔmiyaSecond Miner
- Shigeru MatsuoFarmer
Stills
Themes
liesurrealminerrural areamining townghostlabor unionghost townshopkeeperjapanese new waveminers strikefather son relationship