Movielogr
Facing to the Clouds (1962)
Directed by Eisuke Takizawa
Overview
A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko’s father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father’s political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko’s father.
Length 102 minutes
Actors
Yûjirô Ishihara | Ruriko Asaoka | Ken Yamauchi | Yoshie Mizutani | Eijirô Tôno | Midori Tashiro | Ken Mitsuda | Takamaru Sasaki | Yoshisuke Makino | Goichi Yamada | Masahiro Kinoshita | Akio Muto | Ken Hatano | Goro Tarumi | Yoshio Omori | Yuzo Kiura | Tomo'o Nagai | Seiji Matsuyama | Misako Watanabe | Kotoe Hatsui | Emiko Azuma | Kôjirô Kusanagi | Hiroshi Kondô | Osamu Takizawa | Kyosuke Aihara | Noriko Matsumoto | Makiko Aoi | Keisuke Noro | Saburo Hiromatsu | Tomio Aoki | Nobuo Kawakami | Kenji Kawai