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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Yūko MochizukiYôichi's mother, Oshin
Takahiro TamuraSudô
Yoshiko KugaYôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Isuzu YamadaSeiji's mother, Kiyo
Eijirō TōnoYôichi's father, Genkichi
Shinichi HimoriCast
Nobuo NakamuraSeiji's father, Haruo
Teruko KishiCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Keisuke Kinoshita
- Writer
- Yoshiko Kusuda
- Original Music Composer
- Chūji Kinoshita
- Director of Photography
- Hiroshi Kusuda
- Producer
- Kôzô Kubo
- Editor
- Yoshi Sugihara