Maria of the Ant Village (1958)
1h 50m
Running Time
December 7, 1958Release Date
Maria of the Ant Village (1958)
1h 50m
Running Time
December 7, 1958Release Date
Plot.
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.
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Cast & Crew.

Kakuko Chino
Satoko Kitahara

Kôji Nanbara

Shūji Sano

Kōji Mitsui

Jun Tatara

Fujio Suga

Akihiro Miwa

Fumio Watanabe

Machiko Mizuhara

Shizue Natsukawa

Mutsuko Sakura

Jiro Kaga
Executive Producer

Toru Matsui
Original Story

Keiji Hasebe
Screenplay

Heinosuke Gosho
Director

Haruo Takeno
Director of Photography

Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Art Direction

Mitsuharu Hirata
Lighting Technician

Michio Okazaki
Sound Recordist

Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer

Shin Nagata
Editor

Hideo Horie
Assistant Director

Tatsuo Saitō

Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Details.
Release DateDecember 7, 1958
Original Name蟻の街のマリア
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
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