
Overview
The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.
Year 1959
Studio Nikkatsu Corporation
Director Shōhei Imamura
Crew Shōhei Imamura (Director), Shinsaku Himeda (Director of Photography), Kimihiko Nakamura (Art Direction), Mutsuo Tanji (Editor), Sueko Yasumoto (Novel), Toshirō Mayuzumi (Original Music Composer)
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Language 日本語