Synopsis
A city boy, Shinji, is sent to live in the countryside to escape the Tokyo bombings, where he experiences the complexities of rural school life, including a power struggle with the local class leader, Takeshi.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Masahiro ShinodaDirector
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
- Taichi YamadaScreenplay
Cast
- Tetsuya FujitaShinji Kazama
- Yuji HoriokaTakeshi Ohara
- Kazuyo MitaKazama Shige (Aunt of Shinji)
- Katsuhisa YamazakiFutoshi Tanabe
- Noritake KobinataKensuke Sudo
- Atsuko KoyamaMinako Saiki
- Shima IwashitaShizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
- Toshiyuki HosokawaShusaku Kazama (Shinji's father)
- Mitsue SuzukiKazama Masa (Shinji's grandmother)
- Chōichirō KawarasakiTatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji)
- Saburo DateTakeno Grandfather
- Nobutaka MasutomiFather of Noh
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Themes
based on novel or bookworld war iibullyingcoming of agerural areatokyo, japantrainbased on mangastorytellingschool bully