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Swift Current

Swift Current

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 23, 1952

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Drama, Action

Original Title

激流

Production Companies

TOHO

Director

Senkichi Taniguchi

Description

The film follows a young civil engineer, played by Toshiro Mifune, who is assigned to the Tase Dam construction site in what is now Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture, and the human relationships involved in building the dam. A masterpiece by director Senkichi Taniguchi, who has worked on numerous films starring Mifune.