The Brick Factory Girl

The Brick Factory Girl

63 mins | Drama | Feb. 14, 1946

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.

The Brick Factory Girl

63 mins | Drama | Feb. 14, 1946

The Brick Factory Girl
This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.
Producers Nano Eiga
Original title 煉瓦女工
Directors Yasuki Chiba
Writers Tomiko Nozawa, Naoyuki Hatta

Cast

Ranko Akagi

as Akane

Etchan

as Chiyo

Toshiko Fujima

as Okin

Izumi Hara

as La mère de Thuy

Nijiko Kiyokawa

as Osaku

Masaru Kodaka

as Ichirô

Takashi Kotaka

as Misa's younger brother

Kyôko Kusajima

as Kikuko

Kappei Matsumoto

as Masakichi

Masao Mishima

as Misa's father

Hisako Miyoshi

as Misa's mother

Yoko Mizumachi

as L'épouse de Shumpûtei

Eitarō Ozawa

as Rinzô

Natsue Shiga

as Yasue

Kinzô Shin

as Teacher

Osamu Takizawa

as Le père de Thuy

Yumiko Togawa

as Sachiko

Musei Tokugawa

as Baifû Shumpûtei

Sumie Tsubaki

as Thuy

Jūkichi Uno

as Otomatsu

Yôko Yaguchi

as Misa