The Wayside Pebble

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.

Main Cast

Setsuko Hara

Oren Aikawa

Age : 95 | Popularity : 6%

Hiroyuki Ôta

Goichi Aikawa

Age : 76 | Popularity : 4%

Hisaya Morishige

Shogo Aikawa

Age : 96 | Popularity : 3%

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tsugino

Age : 80 | Popularity : 6%

Kyū Sazanka

Chusuke

Age : 56 | Popularity : 8%

Yûsuke Takita

Yasukichi

Age : 84 | Popularity : 7%

Hisako Takihana

Yasuhiko's Mother

Age : 78 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Kaneto Shindō
	Novel	Yuzo Yamamoto
Sound	Music	Ichirō Saitō
Directing	Director	Seiji Hisamatsu
Department	Role	Name

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