A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well, then begins bullying him too. Takeshi eventually loses his position of leadership.
Cast
Tetsuya Fujita
Shinji Kazama
Yuji Horioka
Takeshi Ohara
Kazuyo Mita
Kazama Shige (Aunt of Shinji)
Katsuhisa Yamazaki
Futoshi Tanabe
Noritake Kobinata
Kensuke Sudo
Atsuko Koyama
Minako Saiki
Shima Iwashita
Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Shusaku Kazama (Shinji's father)
Mitsue Suzuki
Kazama Masa (Shinji's grandmother)
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Tatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji)
Saburo Date
Takeno Grandfather
Nobutaka Masutomi
Father of Noh
Moeko Ezawa
Futoshi's mother
Nobuko Sendo
Akiko (Futoshi's older sister)
Shinsuke Ashida
Unknown
Hideji Ōtaki
Unknown
Crew
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Taichi Yamada
Screenplay
Hyozo Kashiwabara
Novel
Chizuko Osada
Editor
Tatsuo Suzuki
Director of Photography
Kozo Sudo
Assistant Director
Masao Nagai
Producer
Masaru Koibuchi
Producer's Assistant
Takeo Kimura
Production Design
川崎努
Sound Effects
Hideo Nishizaki
Sound Recordist
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Akira Kanda
Set Decoration
佐藤芳夫
Still Photographer
Yosui Inoue
Main Title Theme Composer, Theme Song Performance
Kenichi Mizuno
Gaffer
Fujiko A. Fujio
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