Overview
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
Cast
- Shinji Tanaka as Yôichi Akimoto
- Yūko Mochizuki as Yôichi's mother, Oshin
- Takahiro Tamura as Sudô
- Yoshiko Kuga as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
- Isuzu Yamada as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
- Eijirō Tōno as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
- Shinichi Himori
- Nobuo Nakamura as Seiji's father, Haruo
- Noriko Arita
- Teruko Kishi