A Grain of Wheat (1958)
Overview
The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.
Cast
Kenji Sugawara
Inoue Masaji
Ayako Wakao
Numata Ichiko
Eijirō Tōno
Aisawa
Minoru Takashima
Toshiko Kisaragi
Tatsuya Ishiguro
Bontarō Miake
Ichirō Izawa
Kanji Kawara
Tsuneko Sudō
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