A Pebble by the Wayside (1938)
2h 11m
Running Time
September 21, 1938Release Date
A Pebble by the Wayside (1938)
2h 11m
Running Time
September 21, 1938Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Akihiko Katayama
Goichi Aikawa
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Hisako Takihana
Goichi's mother - Oren
Mitsuru Date
Actor
Donguriboya
Actor
Shirô Izome
Yuriko
Sadako Sawamura
Sumie
Masako Fujimura
Actress
Details.
Release DateSeptember 21, 1938
Original Name路傍の石
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 11m
Genres
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