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Based on a novel by Toson Shimazaki, the film revolves around a schoolteacher who is encouraged to conceal his lower class background but constantly finds himself struggling with a crisis of conscience.
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.Read moreLess
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.
The story
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.
Cast & crew
Anna IshiiShiho
Shotaro MamiyaUshimatsu Segawa
Yuma YamotoCast
Kazuya TakahashiCast
Ayako KobayashiCast
Kô NanaseCast
Shunsuke DaitohCast
Naoto TakenakaCast
Hirotaro HondaCast
Yoji TanakaCast
Renji IshibashiCast
Hidekazu MashimaCastExplore the crew
- Producer
- Kazuo Kato
- Screenplay
- Masato Katō
- Screenplay
- Norio Kida
- Director
- Kazuo Maeda
- Editor
- Ken Yamaguchi
- Original Music Composer
- Shuhei Kamimura
- Producer
- Gaku Kawasaki
- Director of Photography
- Makoto Kusaka