The Wayside Pebble (1960)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1960-12-31
Runtime: 104 minutes
Director: Seiji Hisamatsu
Top Cast
- Setsuko Hara as Oren Aikawa
- Hiroyuki Ôta as Goichi Aikawa
- Hisaya Morishige as Shogo Aikawa
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Tsugino
- Kyū Sazanka as Chusuke
- Yūsuke Takita as Yasukichi
- Hisako Takihana as Yasuhiko's Mother
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