The Wayside Pebble

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The Wayside Pebble (1960)

Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu

· 1h 44m

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.

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Cast

Setsuko Hara Oren Aikawa Hiroyuki Ôta Goichi Aikawa Hisaya Morishige Shogo Aikawa Tatsuya Mihashi Tsugino Kyū Sazanka Chusuke Yūsuke Takita Yasukichi Hisako Takihana Yasuhiko's Mother

Crew

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

Details

Original title
路傍の石
Release date
1960-12-31
Runtime
1h 44m
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Tokyo Eiga, TOHO