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.

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Played Torae Nonaka
Keiji Sada

Played Yoshio Nonaka, Torae…
Yoshiko Kuga

Played Chiyo
Chieko Baisho

Played Miyoko Ishikawa, Tos…
Toyozō Yamamoto

Played Toshiyuki Nonaka, To…
Kiyoshi Nonomura

Played Mr. Mochizuki
Kin Sugai

Played Mrs. Mochizuki
Teruko Kishi

Played Yoshio's mother
Toranosuke Ogawa

Played Yoshio's father
Takeshi Sakamoto

Played
Nobuo Takagi

Played
Ippei Souda

Played
Tsutomu Niijima

Played
Yôji Doki

Played
Torahiko Hamada

Played
Chieko Misaki

Played
Mitsuyo Mizushima

Played
Mariko Aoyama

Played
Yachiyo Ōhashi

Played

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