A city boy, Shinji, is sent to live in the countryside to escape the Tokyo bombings, where he experiences the complexities of rural school life, including a power struggle with the local class leader, Takeshi.
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
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
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