“City of hundreds of blast furnaces” ( キ ュ ー ポ ラ の あ る 街 : kupora-no aru mati ; other translation options are “City where cast iron is poured”; “Dome city” [comm. 1] [1] [2] ; in Soviet box office was shown under the title "Always Exists Tomorrow" [comm. 2] ; English Foundry Town ) - a drama film by which director Kiriro Urayama made his film debut in 1962 . The film is based on the story of Chiyo Hayabune. At the film award ceremony, the Blue Ribbon was named the best film of 1962.
| City of hundreds of blast furnaces | |
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| Japanese キ ュ ー ポ ラ の あ る 街 ( kupora-no aru mother ) | |
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| Genre | movie drama |
| Producer | Kiriro Urayama |
| Producer | Kano Otsuka |
| Author script | Kiriro Urayama Shohei Imamura |
| In the main cast | Sayuri Yoshinaga Mitsuo Hamada , Eijiro Tono |
| Operator | Shinsaku Himeda |
| Composer | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
| Film company | Nikkatsu |
| Duration | 99 min |
| A country |  Japan |
| Tongue | Japanese |
| Year | 1962 |
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Story
The film, which takes place in the early 1960s , shows the daily life of the family of a hereditary metallurgist from Kawaguchi , an industrial suburb of Tokyo.
The main character, a fifteen-year-old cheerful and sociable Jun, dreams of entering the gymnasium, although her family is poor and cannot pay for tuition. The financial situation of the family is exacerbated by the appearance in the mother of another, fourth child. Tatsugoro's father lost his job and began to drink with grief. The young worker Katsumi, who is friends with Jun, is trying in every possible way to help her father again find work.
In the film's finale, Jun's father finds another job and promises to stop drinking. Jun, meanwhile, has already begun to work and intends to independently pay for her education.
Cast
- Sayuri Yoshinaga - Jun
- Mitsuo Hamada - Katsumi Tsukamoto
- Eijiro Tono - Tatsuguro Ishiguro (father Jun)
- Shoichi Ozawa - Jun teacher
- Tokuko Sugiyama - Tomi (mother of Jun)
- Takeshi Kato - Mr. Noda
- Tanie Kitabayashi - Ume
- Kin Sugai - Miyo
- Yoshio Ichikawa - Takayuki
- Tomio Aoki - Factory Worker
- Taiji Tonoyama - Matsunaga
... The atmosphere of the life of the working quarter was truthfully recreated in the picture: in this, along with the lessons of the "independents", the influence of Italian neorealism is noticeable, about which Urayama has repeatedly stated commitment. The style of the film is modest and restrained. Without embellishment, the impoverished existence of a working camp is depicted. Here even nature itself is killed by the proximity of melting furnaces: the sky is gray, the grass is withered. The gray-black color of the tape corresponds to the difficult and monotonous existence of people. Episodes permeated with a delicate lyrical mood also do not carry a joyful start. A slanting rain is remembered, as if it eroded the contours of a dull village. In the distance, on a small bridge through a dirty rivulet, drunk Tatsugoro returns home with an incorrect gait. And in another place: the boys who walked out of school ride on a stolen water surface on a stolen boat. There are few such shots in the picture, but they give it a poetic atmosphere.
Premieres
- - April 8, 1962 the national premiere of the film in Tokyo [3] .
- - The world premiere took place in May 1962 as part of the Cannes IFF. [3] .
- - the film was shown in the Soviet film distribution on May 25, 1964 under the name “Always exists tomorrow” [4] .
Awards and nominations
- Japan Filmmakers Association Award
- Blue Ribbon Award
- 13th Award Ceremony (1963) [5]
- Award for Best Film of 1962 [5] .
- 1962 Best Actress Award - Sayuri Yoshinaga [5] .
- The award to the best debutant of 1962 is directed by Chiriro Urayama [5] .
- Mainity Film Award (1963)
- Award to the best supporting actor - Eijiro Tono (for roles in two films: “City of hundreds of blast furnaces” and “ Taste of saury ”) [5] .
- Kinem Jumpo Magazine Award (1963)
- The film was nominated for the “Kinem Dzumpo” award in the nomination for the best film of the year, and took 2nd place according to the results of the vote [6] .
- Cannes Film Festival (1962)
- Nomination for the Grand Prize Golden Palm Branch [5] .
Interesting Facts
- In November 1975, Tokyo Marunouchi Cinema organized a festival of outstanding Japanese post-war cinema films, showing along with film classics ( Kurosawa 's Rasemon , Ozu 's Late Spring , Imai's Lily Monument , Itikawa 's Burmese Harp , etc.) and the first the work of Urayama. When summing up the results of the festival, it turned out that the picture “City of hundreds of blast furnaces” was watched by the largest number of spectators after “Rashomon” [2] .
Comments
- ↑ The Russian name "The city where cast iron is poured" is common in Soviet film studies, including in the "Film Dictionary" of the 1986 edition (p. 523), in the book by Inna Gens, "Challenged: Japanese filmmakers of the 60-70's" ( p. 179-186), under the name "Dome City", the film is mentioned on the network on the site "KinoPoisk" and some others. Under the name “City of hundreds of domains,” the film was released in Russian translation on torrent trackers.
- ↑ The film was shown at the Soviet box office on May 25, 1964 under the title “Always Exists Tomorrow”, r / u Goskino USSR No. 1074/64 (until April 1, 1974), dubbed at the station. "Mosfilm" - published: "Catalog of films of the current fund. Issue II: Foreign Feature Films ”, Inf.-advert. bureau kinofikatsii and film distribution of the Committee on Cinematography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, M.-1972, p. 24.
Notes
- ↑ “Cinematic Dictionary.” —M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1986-1987. - S. 523. - 640 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gens, Inna Yuliusovna . “Challenging: Japanese filmmakers of the 60-70's." / Poslesov. V. Tsvetova; All-Russian Research Institute of Art History. - M.: Art, 1988 .-- 271 S. (p. 179-186)
- ↑ 1 2 Kyûpora no aru machi (1962) on IMDb-Release Info
- ↑ List of foreign films at the box office of the USSR on the forum of the Phoenix Film Club (Russian)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kyûpora no aru machi (1962) on IMDb-Awards
- ↑ Kinema Junpo Top YBY on Rinkworks.com
Links
- " The City of Hundred Blast Furnaces ” on the Internet Movie Database
Literature
- Gens, Inna Yuliusovna . “Challenging: Japanese filmmakers of the 60-70's." / Poslesov. V. Tsvetova; All-Russian Research Institute of Art History. - M.: Art, 1988 .-- 271 S. (p. 179-186)