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The Wayside Pebble

19601h 44mMovie

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…

DirectorSeiji Hisamatsu
WriterKaneto Shindō

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Cast · Directed by Seiji Hisamatsu

SHSetsuko Hara
Setsuko Hara
Oren Aikawa
HÔHiroyuki Ôta
Hiroyuki Ôta
Goichi Aikawa
HMHisaya Morishige
Hisaya Morishige
Shogo Aikawa
TMTatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tsugino
KSKyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka
Chusuke
YTYūsuke Takita
Yūsuke Takita
Yasukichi
HTHisako Takihana
Hisako Takihana
Yasuhiko's Mother

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