A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.
Top Cast
Masao Inoue as Kyosuke Ikeda
Kaoru Futaba as Toyono Ikeda
Eiji Oshimoto as Ichiro Ikeda
Ichiro Yuki as Jiro Ikeda
Shoichi Nodera as Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)
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