A Town and a Tall Chimney
2019, Japanese. Directed by Katsuya Matsumura.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Katsuya MatsumuraDirector
- Asato IdeSaburo Sekine
- Dai WatanabeJunpei Kaya
- Riria KojimaChiho Kaya
- Koji KikkawaYoshinosuke Kihara
- Tatsuya NakadaiHyoma Sekine
- Shinya OwadaProfessor Shimura
- Ayako KobayashiFumi
- Hiroyuki WatanabeKisaragi
- Naomasa MusakaYoshinosuke Omura
- Mitsunori IsakiTsuneyoshi Sekine
- Masanori IshiiNamizo Ohira
- Yukijiro HotaruYao Sadakichi
Details
- Released
- 22 June 2019
- Original title
- ある町の高い煙突
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Katsuya Matsumura, Yoshinori Watanabe
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A Town and a Tall Chimney runs 130 minutes (2h 10m).
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A Town and a Tall Chimney isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 June 2019. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Town and a Tall Chimney?
A Town and a Tall Chimney (2019) was directed by Katsuya Matsumura and stars Asato Ide, Dai Watanabe, Riria Kojima.