A Town and a Tall Chimney
2h 10m·History, Drama·
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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| AAsato IdeSaburo Sekine | Saburo Sekine |
 Dai WatanabeJunpei Kaya | Junpei Kaya |
 Riria KojimaChiho Kaya | Chiho Kaya |
 Koji KikkawaYoshinosuke Kihara | Yoshinosuke Kihara |
 Tatsuya NakadaiHyoma Sekine | Hyoma Sekine |
| SShinya OwadaProfessor Shimura | Professor Shimura |
| AAyako KobayashiFumi | Fumi |
 Hiroyuki WatanabeKisaragi | Kisaragi |
 Naomasa MusakaYoshinosuke Omura | Yoshinosuke Omura |
 Mitsunori IsakiTsuneyoshi Sekine | Tsuneyoshi Sekine |
 Masanori IshiiNamizo Ohira | Namizo Ohira |
 Yukijiro HotaruYao Sadakichi | Yao Sadakichi |
 Yousuke SaitoGondo | Gondo |
 Atsushi ShinoharaSaemon Hirabayashi | Saemon Hirabayashi |
| MMasaaki JonouchiSonsaku Hirabayashi | Sonsaku Hirabayashi |
| IIan MooreCharles Olsen | Charles Olsen |
 Kensuke OwadaNot listed | Not listed |
 Ryo ToyomitsuNot listed | Not listed |
 Kyooko TooyamaNot listed | Not listed |
 Sawako AgawaNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |