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Roadside Stone

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.

Top Cast

  • Chikage Awashima

    Chikage Awashima

    Oren

  • Katsuo Nakamura

    Katsuo Nakamura

    Teacher

  • Shuichi Ikeda

    Shuichi Ikeda

    Goichi

  • Kei Satō

    Kei Satō

    Shogo

  • Yoshikazu Sugi

    Yoshikazu Sugi

    Kihei

  • Junkichi Orimoto

    Junkichi Orimoto

    Junkichi

  • Michiko Hoshi

    Michiko Hoshi

    Okami

  • Masao Oda

    Masao Oda

    Tadasuke

  • Nijiko Kiyokawa

    Nijiko Kiyokawa

    Otoki

Overview

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.

Rating

6.5 / 10
4 Reviews
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