A Grain of Wheat (1958)
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.
Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
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Kenji Sugawara as Inoue Masaji |
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Ayako Wakao as Numata Ichiko |
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Eijirō Tōno as Aisawa |
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Masahiro Kinoshita as Nishiyama |
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Isamu Nakane as |
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Eitarō Matsuyama as |
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Yoshihiko Kanazawa as |
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Minoru Takashima as |
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Mitsuko Tanaka as |
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Keiko Anjô as |
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Akie Hiyama as |
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Toshiko Kisaragi as |
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Tatsuya Ishiguro as |
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Koh Sugita as |
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Bontarō Miake as |
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Ichirō Izawa as |
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Kanji Kawara as |
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Tsuneko Sudō as |
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Joe Ohara as |
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Mariko Ogasawara as |
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Saburo Sakai as |
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Reiko Hibiki as |
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Fudeko Tanaka as |
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Kumeko Urabe as |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Writing | Shigeki Chiba | Writer |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Directing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Director |
| Sound | Sei Ikeno | Music |
| Camera | Yoshihisa Nakagawa | Director of Photography |