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A Pebble by the Wayside

A Pebble by the Wayside

6,3 /10 (3 Votes)
1938 JA 131 min

Overview

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.

Release date

21/09/1938

Votes

3

Popularity

0.3

Adaptation of Yamamoto Yuzo's novel.

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

路傍の石

Language

JA

Runtime

131 min

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