Maria of the Ant Village

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.

Main Cast

Kakuko Chino

Satoko Kitahara

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Kôji Nanbara

Age : 74 | Popularity : 50%

Shūji Sano

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

Kōji Mitsui

Age : N/A | Popularity : 41%

Jun Tatara

Age : N/A | Popularity : 34%

Fujio Suga

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Akihiro Miwa

Age : N/A | Popularity : 22%

Fumio Watanabe

Age : N/A | Popularity : 38%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Keiji Hasebe
	Original Story	Toru Matsui
Editing	Editor	Shin Nagata
Art	Art Direction	Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Directing	Director	Heinosuke Gosho
	Assistant Director	Hideo Horie
Production	Executive Producer	Jiro Kaga
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Mitsuharu Hirata
Sound	Sound Recordist	Michio Okazaki
	Original Music Composer	Yasushi Akutagawa
Camera	Director of Photography	Haruo Takeno
Department	Role	Name

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