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  • The Wayside Pebble (1960)
  • 104 min | Drama
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The Wayside Pebble (1960)
104 min | Drama

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father does not work leaving the mother to toil . With the ...See moreIn Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father does not work leaving the mother to toil . With the boy's family having no money he cannot progress his education and has to drop out of school. A neighbour, who is a bookstore owner, offers the family money to allow the boy to continue his schooling, but the father is too proud to accept and rebuffs the offer forcing the boy to work. Written by aghaemi See less
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Updated May 15, 1960

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Oct 1962 (United States)

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24 cast members
Name Known for
Hiroyuki Ôta
Goichi Aikawa Goichi Aikawa   See fewer
Setsuko Hara
Oren Aikawa Oren Aikawa   See fewer
Hisaya Morishige
Shogo Aikawa Shogo Aikawa   See fewer
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tsugino Tsugino   See fewer
Kyû Sazanka
Chusuke Chusuke   See fewer
Yûsuke Takita
Yasukichi Yasukichi   See fewer
Hisako Takihana
Yasukichi's Mother Yasukichi's Mother   See fewer
Haruya Katô
Manager B Manager B   See fewer
Nobue Mizuki
Maid A Maid A   See fewer
Shigeo Nakahara
Manager A Manager A   See fewer
Masao Oda
Kihei Kihei   See fewer
Kyôko Ozawa
Aunt A Aunt A   See fewer
Ikio Sawamura
Uncle Neighbour Uncle Neighbour   See fewer
Kin Sugai
Akitaro And Kinu's Mother Akitaro And Kinu's Mother   See fewer
Yasuo Sunaga
Uncle B Uncle B   See fewer
Gen Tanabe
Station Manager Station Manager   See fewer
Shikô Tanaka
Train Engineer Train Engineer   See fewer
Akira Tatsuoka
Manager C Manager C   See fewer
Shigeru Yokoyama
Train Station Employee Train Station Employee   See fewer
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