A Grain of Wheat

The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.

• Kōzaburō YoshimuraDirector
• Kaneto ShindōWriter
• Shigeki ChibaWriter

• Kenji SugawaraInoue Masaji
• Ayako WakaoNumata Ichiko
• Eijirō TōnoAisawa
• Masahiro KinoshitaNishiyama
• Isamu NakaneCast
• Eitarō MatsuyamaCast
• Yoshihiko KanazawaCast
• Minoru TakashimaCast
• Mitsuko TanakaCast
• Keiko AnjôCast
• Akie HiyamaCast
• Toshiko KisaragiCast