Roadside Stone (1964)
Original title: 路傍の石
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The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
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Chikage AwashimaOren
Katsuo NakamuraTeacher
Shuichi IkedaGoichi
Kei SatōShogoYoshikazu SugiKihei
Junkichi OrimotoJunkichi
Michiko HoshiOkami
Masao OdaTadasuke
Nijiko KiyokawaOtokiShiro OkamotoRyô SugaSeihachi UchikoshiMovie DNA
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What is Roadside Stone about?
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
How long is Roadside Stone?
Roadside Stone has a runtime of 97 minutes.