Drama Comedy War
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.
Directed by
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Riki Takeuchi
Kawakita
Tomokazu Miura
Soutaroh's Father
Guts Ishimatsu
Gunroh Tabata
Toru Minegishi
Sakae's Father
Nenji Kobayashi
Gonzoh
Koichi Sato
Chuui Aoki
Yasufumi Hayashi
Soutaroh Sudou
Toshinori Omi
Yuuta Hayami
Makoto Satō
Seiroku the Pimp
Shigeru Izumiya
Old Fisherman
Isako Washio
O-Shouchan
Toshie Negishi
Sakae's Mother
Jō Shishido
School Principal
Akira Ōizumi
School Custodian
Wakaba Irie
Soutaroh's Mother
Jun'ichirô Katagiri
Sakae Ohsugi
Aiko Shouriki
Mizue Okami
Kumeko Uchibe
Old Woman at Stone Image
Izumi Hara
Old Woman with Urn
Saburō Bōya
Bonchan's Father

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