Heinosuke GOSHO
Where Chimneys Are Seen
煙突の見える場所
Nippon Retro ²
A working class married couple with no children, living in humble conditions, finds an abandoned child and attempts to find its mother. In a precise and empathic depiction of the living conditions of ordinary people, GOSHO unfolds his small story into a big film. And he is no conservative: Even though the living conditions remain the same, at the end something has changed for the protagonists.
煙突の見える場所
Entotsu no mieru basho
Japan 1953
108 minutes
Director
Heinosuke GOSHO
Script
Hideo OGUNI based on a novel by Rinzo SHIINA
Cinematography
Mitsuo MIURA
Production
Shintoho, Studio Eight Productions
World sales
Kokusai Hoei
Film print
Japan Foundation
Cast
Ken UEHARA, Kinuyo TANAKA, Hiroshi AKUTAGAWA, Hideko TAKAMINE, Chieko SEKI
In cooperation with Japanisches Kulturinstitut (The Japan Foundation) and DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum
