Released:
1956-04-17

Overview:
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.

Director:
Keisuke Kinoshita

Runtime:
1h 18min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Shinji Tanaka
  as
  Yôichi Akimoto
• 
  Yūko Mochizuki
  as
  Yôichi's mother, Oshin
• 
  Takahiro Tamura
  as
  Sudô
• 
  Yoshiko Kuga
  as
  Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
• 
  Isuzu Yamada
  as
  Seiji's mother, Kiyo