The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
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Roadside Stone Cast
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Nijiko Kiyokawa
She was 51, 89 years old when she died
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Kei Sato
He was 35, 81 years old when he died
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Katsuo Nakamura
He was 26, now 86 years old
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Shuuichi Ikeda
He was 14, now 74 years old
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Junkichi Orimoto
He was 37, 92 years old when he died
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Chikage Awashima
She was 40, 87 years old when she died
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Masao Oda
He was 56, 65 years old when he died
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Seiya Satô
He was 28, now 88 years old
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Midori Yamamoto
She was 28, now 31 years old
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Michiko Hoshi
She was 37, now 97 years old
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Roadside Stone Crew
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Mikio Mori as Art Direction. He was 41 (now 101) years old
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Art |
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Hanjirô Nakazawa as Director of Photography. |
Camera |
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Miyoji Ieki as Director. He was 52 (64) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Miyoji Ieki as Screenplay. He was 52 (64) years old when He died
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Writing |
