A Pebble by the Wayside

A Pebble by the Wayside (1938)

Released: 1938-09-21 Duration: 2hr 11min
Genres: Drama
Rating 5.0
Adaptation of Yamamoto Yuzo's novel.

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.

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation
Nikkatsu Corporation

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language ja
Popularity 1.072

Directed By

Tomotaka Tasaka

Crew

Director
Tomotaka Tasaka
Original Story
Yuzo Yamamoto
Director of Photography
Saburō Isayama
Screenplay
Yoshirô Aramaki

TOP CAST

Akihiko Katayama
Akihiko Katayama

Goichi Aikawa

Hisako Takihana
Hisako Takihana

Goichi's mother - Oren

Kansho Yoshii
Kansho Yoshii

Iseya Master

Toshimasa Inoue
Toshimasa Inoue

Tailor Gin

Mantarō Ushio
Mantarō Ushio

Ichiro Umehara

Kisao Tobita
Kisao Tobita

Saki Yamada

Ureo Egawa
Ureo Egawa

Nobuyoshi Kumakata

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