The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.
Released: Oct 28, 1959
Runtime: 101 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hiroyuki Nagato, Kayo Matsuo, Takeshi Okimura, Akiko Maeda, Kō Nishimura, Yoshio Ōmori
Crew: Shōhei Imamura (Director), Sueko Yasumoto (Novel), Toshirō Mayuzumi (Original Music Composer), Shinsaku Himeda (Director of Photography), Mutsuo Tanji (Editor), Kimihiko Nakamura (Art Direction)