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Night School

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Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. One day he finds a letter on his desk, left by Ryohei, a day school student who has lost his pencil case and asks his night-school counterpart to return it…

DirectorIshirō Honda
ProducerGinsaku Ashida

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Cast · Directed by Ishirō Honda

TTTeiji Takahashi
Teiji Takahashi
Day time teacher
KKKeiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi
Night time teacher
YNYōichi Numata
Yōichi Numata
(uncredited)
MKMichiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure
Senta's mother (uncredited)
OY
Okinari Yoshioka
Senta
TA
Takeshi Ando
Ryohei
SB
Saburō Bōya
Train passenger (uncredited)
NMNorihei Miki
Norihei Miki
Train passenger (uncredited)
MS
Misako Sakaguchi
(uncredited)
JM
Junji Masuda
Postmaster (uncredited)
KN
Katsuyuki Nomura
Senta's younger brother (uncredited)

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