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The Child Writers (1958)
Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu
Drama · 1h 40m
A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to school together and find many interesting things in life. The children love literature and are good at writing essays. When they hear about a global competition for the best essay, they decide to take part and write an essay about how their school is going to be demolished and a military factory built in its place, about how difficult life is for their parents, how poor they are, but how they never lose their cheerfulness and hope. The essay was sent to Moscow, and the children eagerly await the decision. But Futyan did not wait for the answer; he caught a cold and became seriously ill. And since there was no money for his treatment, little Futyan died, and soon the answer came — the brother and sister's essay was awarded first prize.
Cast
Takao Zushi
Masao Oda
Yūko Mochizuki
Nobuko Otowa
Kyōko Kagawa
Hisaya Morishige
Keiko Tsushima
Kin Sugai
Bokuzen Hidari
Crew
- Director
- Seiji Hisamatsu
- Writer
- Toshio Yasumi
- Director of Photography
- Michio Takahashi
- Original Music Composer
- Ichirō Saitō
- Producer
- Kazuo Takimura
Details
- Original title
- つづり方兄妹
- Release date
- 1958-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- TOHO