Foundry Town
1962, Japanese. Directed by Kirio Urayama.
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Kirio UrayamaDirector
- Sayuri YoshinagaJun
- Mitsuo HamadaTsukamoto, Katsumi
- Eijirō TōnoIshiguro, Tatsugoro (Jun's father)
- Shoichi OzawaCast
- Tokuko SugiyamaTomi (Jun's mother)
- Takeshi KatōMr. Noda
- Tanie KitabayashiUme
- Kin SugaiMiyo
- Yoshio IchikawaTakayuki
- Taiji TonoyamaMatsunaga
- Tomio AokiWorker A
- Nobuo KawakamiDetective
Details
- Released
- 8 April 1962
- Original title
- キューポラのある街
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shōhei Imamura, Kirio Urayama
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Foundry Town runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Foundry Town isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 April 1962. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
What movies are like Foundry Town?
If you liked Foundry Town, try The Ballad of Narayama, Salomé, Herself.
Who directed Foundry Town?
Foundry Town (1962) was directed by Kirio Urayama and stars Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Eijirō Tōno.