A Grain of Wheat (1958)
一粒の麦
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.
- Date of release
- 1958-09-14
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Casting
- Kenji Sugawara — Inoue Masaji
- Ayako Wakao — Numata Ichiko
- Eijirō Tōno — Aisawa
- Masahiro Kinoshita — Nishiyama
- Isamu Nakane
- Eitarō Matsuyama
- Yoshihiko Kanazawa
- Minoru Takashima
- Mitsuko Tanaka
- Keiko Anjô
- Akie Hiyama
- Toshiko Kisaragi
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