The Blacksmith of the Forest

A 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.

• Hiroshi ShimizuDirector
• Tokusaburo MurakamiWriter

• Masao InoueKyosuke Ikeda
• Kaoru FutabaToyono Ikeda
• Eiji OshimotoIchiro Ikeda
• Ichiro YukiJiro Ikeda
• Shoichi NoderaChūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)
• Kinuyo TanakaOmitsu
• Hideo FujinoVillage Mayor
• Shin'ichirô KomuraTomisaku (Mayor's son)
• Hisao YoshitaniGosaku, the Villager
• Takeshi SakamotoSchool Teacher
• Eiko TakamatsuOtane
• Kanji KawaraKiyohiko Sugimoto