Swift Current

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.

Director: Senkichi Taniguchi

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Asami Kuji, Setsuko Wakayama, Yuriko Tashiro, Masao Shimizu, Yukiko Shimazaki, Yoshio Kosugi, Jun Tatara

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.