In 1928, schoolteacher Hisako Oishi takes a post on the island of Shodoshima teaching a group of twelve first grade students. In the following years, they face poverty, the rise of nationalism, and finally war.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hideko Takamine, Hideki Gôko, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takeo Terashita, Kunio Satô
Crew: Keisuke Kinoshita (Director), Ryōtarō Kuwata (Producer), Yoshi Sugihara (Editor), Keisuke Kinoshita (Screenplay), Sakae Tsuboi (Novel), Kimihiko Nakamura (Art Direction)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Shochiku
Runtime: 156 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 15, 1954
IMDb: 3.276