The Wayside Pebble
Brief Synopsis
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In a village in 1910 Japan, Goichi, a young boy, dreams of someday attending a private school, though his parents cannot afford to send him. A bookseller befriends Goichi, but Shogo, his father, still refuses to send him to school and instead sells Goichi's services to a callous merchant. After Goic...
Cast & Crew
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Seiji Hisamatsu
Director
Hiroyuki Ota
Goichi Aikawa
Setsuko Hara
Oren Aikawa
Hisaya Morishige
Shogo Aikawa
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tsugino
Kyu Sazanka
Chusuke
Film Details
Also Known As
Robo no ishi
Release Date
Jan
1962
Premiere Information
Los Angeles showing: Oct 1962
Production Company
Tokyo Eiga Co.
Distribution Company
Toho Co.
Country
Japan
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 44m
Synopsis
In a village in 1910 Japan, Goichi, a young boy, dreams of someday attending a private school, though his parents cannot afford to send him. A bookseller befriends Goichi, but Shogo, his father, still refuses to send him to school and instead sells Goichi's services to a callous merchant. After Goichi's mother, Oren, dies, he refuses to work for the merchant and sets off on a train for Tokyo to begin a new life.
Director
Seiji Hisamatsu
Director
Cast
Hiroyuki Ota
Goichi Aikawa
Setsuko Hara
Oren Aikawa
Hisaya Morishige
Shogo Aikawa
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tsugino
Kyu Sazanka
Chusuke
Yusuke Takita
Masao Oda
Film Details
Also Known As
Robo no ishi
Release Date
Jan
1962
Premiere Information
Los Angeles showing: Oct 1962
Production Company
Tokyo Eiga Co.
Distribution Company
Toho Co.
Country
Japan
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 44m
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Released in Japan in 1960 as Robo no ishi.
