Facing to the Clouds
雲に向かって起つ
Release: 1962-05-01
·Runtime: 102m
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Nikkatsu Corporation
Cast
Yūjirō Ishihara
Ruriko Asaoka
Ken Yamauchi
Hiroshi Kondō
Tomio Aoki
Yoshie Mizutani
Takamaru Sasaki
Yuzo Kiura
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Midori Tashiro
Goichi Yamada
Keisuke Noro
Gorō Tarumi
Tomo'o Nagai
Seiji Matsuyama
Saburo Hiromatsu
Eijirō Tōno
Emiko Azuma
Osamu Takizawa
Nobuo Kawakami
Ken Hatano
Misako Watanabe
Kotoe Hatsui
Shosei Muto
Makiko Aoi
