Synopsis
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Shōhei ImamuraDirector
- Toshirō MayuzumiOriginal Music Composer
- Ichirō IkedaScreenplay
- Shōhei ImamuraScreenplay
Cast
- Hiroyuki NagatoKiichi Yasumoto, eldest brother
- Kayo MatsuoYoshiko, eldest sister
- Takeshi OkimuraKoichi, Nianchan
- Akiko MaedaSueko, younger sister
- Kō NishimuraGoro Mitamura
- Yoshio ŌmoriSeki
- Taiji TonoyamaHemmi Gengoro
- Shinsuke AshidaSakai
- Tanie KitabayashiCast
- Hideo FukuharaCast
- Chigusa TakayamaCast
- Hitoshi TakagiCast