Maria of the Ant Village (1958)
Synopsis
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.
Release Date: 1958-12-07
Runtime: 110 minutes
Director: Heinosuke Gosho
Top Cast
- Kakuko Chino as Satoko Kitahara
- Kōji Nanbara as
- Shūji Sano as
- Kōji Mitsui as
- Jun Tatara as
- Fujio Suga as
- Akihiro Miwa as
- Fumio Watanabe as
- Machiko Mizuhara as
- Shizue Natsukawa as
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