A Pebble by the Wayside (路傍の石) 85 years old

Adaptation of Yamamoto Yuzo's novel.

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.

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A Pebble by the Wayside Cast

Name	Character
Hisako Takihana She was 32, 78 years old when she died	as Goichi's mother - Oren
Akihiko Katayama He was 11, 88 years old when he died	as Goichi Aikawa

A Pebble by the Wayside Crew

Name	Department
Yoshio Aramaki as Screenplay. He was 5 (now 91) years old	Writing
Tomotaka Tasaka as Director. He was 36 (72) years old when He died	Directing
Saburô Isayama as Director of Photography. He was 36 (65) years old when He died	Camera