Whistling in the Morning (1959)
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Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's bill and gave up going to high school. His friends heard about this, and they donated money to his mother. So, Minoru goes to high school and yet he delivers newspapers cheerfully whistling every morning. A memorable film debut by Sayuri Yoshinaga, a representative of the Japanese film industry.The film adaptation of "Newspaper Delivery" by Minoru Yoshida, who won the Minister of Education Award at the national small and Medium student essay competition.
- Date of release
- 1959-03-04
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Chisato Ikoma
Casting
- Hiroshi Kato — Minoru
- Takahiro Tamura — Takashi Sudo
- Sayuri Yoshinaga — Miwako Kariya
- Akira Yamanouchi
- Kuniko Igawa — Minoru's mother
- Masao Oda — Minoru's father
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Sadako Sawamura
- Kenji Yoshino
- Reiko Hitomi
- Shoji Sayama
- Shinji Tanaka
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