Movie Description
路傍の石
(1938)Overview
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.
Cast
Goichi Aikawa
Goichi's mother - Oren
Yuriko
Sumie
Katsuko
Iseya Master
Tailor Gin
Ichiro Umehara
Oni
Saki Yamada
Nobuyoshi Kumakata
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Facts
Original Title路傍の石
Status Released
Release Information
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1938-09-21
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 11m
Production CompaniesNikkatsu Corporation
Genres
- Drama





























