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The Blacksmith of the Forest (1929)
Genres: Drama
A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.
- Masao Inoue as Kyosuke Ikeda
- Kaoru Futaba as Toyono Ikeda
- Eiji Oshimoto as Ichiro Ikeda
- Ichiro Yuki as Jiro Ikeda
- Shoichi Nodera as Chūzō Satō (assistant blacksmith)
- Kinuyo Tanaka as Omitsu
- Hideo Fujino as Village Mayor
- Shin'ichirô Komura as Tomisaku (Mayor's son)