Roadside Stone (1964)

  • NR
  • 06/14/1964 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 37m

Overview

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.

Miyoji Ieki

Director, Screenplay

Yuzo Yamamoto

Novel

Cast

Chikage Awashima's headshot

Chikage Awashima

Oren
Katsuo Nakamura's headshot

Katsuo Nakamura

Teacher
Shuichi Ikeda's headshot

Shuichi Ikeda

Goichi
Kei Satō's headshot

Kei Satō

Shogo
Yoshikazu Sugi's headshot

Yoshikazu Sugi

Kihei
Junkichi Orimoto's headshot

Junkichi Orimoto

Junkichi
Michiko Hoshi's headshot

Michiko Hoshi

Okami
Masao Oda's headshot

Masao Oda

Tadasuke

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