Fountainhead
6.5
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
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Cast
32 people
Keiji Sada
Known for
Good Morning
An Autumn Afternoon
Ineko Arima
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Yōko Katsuragi
Kuniko Osato
Known for
Scandal
Late Spring
Toshiko Kobayashi
Ando's wife Yayoi
Known for
Cruel Story of Youth
Twenty-Four Eyes
Shin Saburi
Known for
Equinox Flower
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Shizue Natsukawa
Motoko's mother
Known for
Twenty-Four Eyes
Hiroko Nakagawa
Komine's younger sister Setsuko
Also in
The Tattered Wings
Les Mesdemoiselles
Kazuko Yamamoto
The Tachibanas' maid
Known for
Early Spring
Daisuke Katō
Known for
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Ryōhei Uchida
Known for
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Blind Woman's Curse
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Senior Managing Director Takano
Known for
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Fires on the Plain
Tsutomu Shimomoto
Also in
The Thick-Walled Room
Children of Hiroshima
Masaki Kobayashi Director · Zenzō Matsuyama Writer Kunio Kishida Story
Budget $2.4M · First release February 26, 1956 · Produced in Japan
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Budget
$2,375,000
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Original title
泉
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 26, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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