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Where Chimneys Are Seen

Original title: Entotsu no mieru basho
  • 19531953
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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POPULARITY
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Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Ken Uehara in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
ComedyDrama
Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
281
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
210,417
87,778
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    • Director
      • Heinosuke Gosho
    • Writers
      • Hideo Oguni
      • Rinzo Shiina(novel)
    • Stars
      • Kinuyo Tanaka
      • Ken Uehara
      • Hideko Takamine
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Heinosuke Gosho
    • Writers
      • Hideo Oguni
      • Rinzo Shiina(novel)
    • Stars
      • Kinuyo Tanaka
      • Ken Uehara
      • Hideko Takamine
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    • 3User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 4 wins

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    Hideko Takamine in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
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    Chieko Seki and Hideko Takamine in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
    Hiroshi Akutagawa, Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Ken Uehara in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
    Takeshi Sakamoto and Ken Uehara in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
    Hiroshi Akutagawa and Hideko Takamine in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
    Kinuyo Tanaka and Ken Uehara in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
    Kinuyo Tanaka in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
    Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Ken Uehara in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
    Hideko Takamine, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Ken Uehara in Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)

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    Kinuyo Tanaka
    Kinuyo Tanaka
    • Hiroko Ogata
    Ken Uehara
    Ken Uehara
    • Ryukichi Ogata
    Hideko Takamine
    Hideko Takamine
    • Senko Azuma
    Hiroshi Akutagawa
    • Kenzo Kubo
    Chieko Seki
    • Yukiko Ikeda
    Ranko Hanai
    Ranko Hanai
    • Katsuko Ishibashi
    Takeshi Sakamoto
    Takeshi Sakamoto
    • Tokuji Kawamura
    Haruo Tanaka
    Haruo Tanaka
    • Chuji Tsukahara
    Eiko Miyoshi
    Eiko Miyoshi
    • Ranko
    Kumeko Urabe
    Kumeko Urabe
    • Kayo Nojima
    Hikaru Hoshi
    Zekô Nakamura
    Shigeru Ogura
    Eiko Ôhara
    Noriko Honma
    Noriko Honma
    Masao Takamatsu
    Hiroshi Tsukiji
    Rei Ishikawa
    • Director
      • Heinosuke Gosho
    • Writers
      • Hideo Oguni
      • Rinzo Shiina(novel)
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    Storyline

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    • Connections
      Featured in A Japanese Film Festival (1957)
    • Soundtracks
      Tankô bushi (aka: Coal mine tune)
      (Fukuoka prefecture folk song)

      [Perform by the band at In the shopping district]

    User reviews3

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    Top review
    Great stuff
    Another strong postwar melodrama of hard, hard times in Japan. This one, however, has the heartbreak undercut with a certain hopefulness and humor. A little uneven at times, and the character who starts out as the storyteller falls into the background. Still, if you get a chance to see this(it's not on video or DVD) jump at it. Nine out of ten.
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    • rufasff
    • Mar 18, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 5, 1953 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Там, где видны фабричные трубы
    • Production companies
      • Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
      • Studio Eight Pro
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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