A rural school becomes a battlefield of dreams, despair, and one teacher's stubborn hope.
Story about an English teacher in a rural town's school.
Acting
Kayama's crushed optimism will wreck you.
Direction
Saeki turns classrooms into emotional war zones.
Director
Kōzō Saeki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1966 Japan saw waves of rural youth abandoning hometowns for Tokyo, making this a document of a vanishing way of life.
Kōzō Saeki was primarily a TV director; this rare theatrical feature was nearly lost before a 2010 restoration.
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