A Town and a Tall Chimney (ある町の高い煙突)
Overview
Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, the environment is so polluted that the plants in the fields die and the air, which is laden with toxic smoke, can no longer be breathed. But Saburo, the grandson of the village elder, can no longer put up with this and forms the resistance of the villagers. In Junpei, the idealistic employee of Hitachi, he finds an unexpected ally, and together they fight for a way to save the village.
Key Crew
Story: Jirô Nitta
Director: Katsuya Matsumura
Screenplay: Yoshinori Watanabe
Producer: Kazuo Kame, Keiko Jonouchi
Writer: Katsuya Matsumura
Top Cast
Videos
A Town and a Tall Chimney (Trailer) – 2020 im Programm des 21. Japan-Filmfest Hamburg (JFFH)
