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In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery. Heita also finds solace in the village pastor Yasugi and his teacher Michiko, but they too have problems of their own.Read moreLess
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery. Heita also finds solace in the village pastor Yasugi and his teacher Michiko, but they too have problems of their own.
The story
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery. Heita also finds solace in the village pastor Yasugi and his teacher Michiko, but they too have problems of their own.
Cast & crew
Isuzu YamadaMother
Keiko KishiMichiko Satomi
Yūnosuke ItōFather YasugiShōji Mori
Shōji MoriHeita Shima
Isao YamagataFather ShuheiIchiro Hosoya
Ichiro HosoyaIkujiro Nakagawa
Kō MishimaNishida Nobuyuki
Yūko MochizukiMother FumiExplore the crew
- Director
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Original Music Composer
- Chūji Kinoshita
- Writer
- Masaki Kobayashi
- Director of Photography
- Seiji Inoue