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The Wayside Pebble

0 %|Dec 31, 1960|

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father does not work leaving the mother to toil . With the boy's family having no money he cannot progress his education and has to drop out of school. A neighbour, who is a bookstore owner, offers the family money to allow the boy to continue his schooling, but the father is too proud to accept and rebuffs the offer forcing the boy to work.

Featured Crew

Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Yuzo Yamamoto
Novel
Ichirō Saitō
Music
Seiji Hisamatsu
Director

Cast

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Setsuko Hara
Oren Aikawa
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Hiroyuki Ôta
Goichi Aikawa
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Hisaya Morishige
Shogo Aikawa
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Hisako Takihana
Yasuhiko's Mother