Movie1954 · Released · 156 min
The movie follows the career of a schoolteacher named Hisako Ōishi (played by Hideko Takamine) in Shōdoshima during the rise and fall of Japanese nationalism in the beginning of the Shōwa period. The narrative begins in 1928 with the teacher's first class of first grade students and follows her through 1946.
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Hideko Takamine
Ôishi Sensei
Hideki Gôko
Isokichi Okada - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Itsuo Watanabe
Takeichi Takeshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Makoto Miyagawa
Kichiji Tokuda - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Takeo Terashita
Tadashi Morioka - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Kunio Satô
Nita Aizawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Chishū Ryū
Otoko Sensei
Yumeji Tsukioka
Masuno
Takahiro Tamura
Isokichi
Toshiko Kobayashi
Sanae
Kuniko Igawa
Matsue
Shizue Natsukawa
Ôishi Sensei no Haha
Kumeko Urabe
Otoko Sensei no Tsuma
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Yorozuya
Chieko Naniwa
Meshiya no Kamisan
Ushio Akashi
Kôchô
Hideyo Amamoto
Ôishi Sensei no Otto
Toshio Takahara
Chiririn'ya
Tokuji Kobayashi
Matsue no Chichi
Toyo Takahashi
Kobayashi Sensei
Kimiyo Ōtsuka
Tamura Sensei
Tazuko Kusaka
Matsue no Haha
Kazuko Motohashi
Masuno no Haha
Kayoko Terada
Kangofu
Hiroko Ishii
Masuno Kagawa - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Yasuko Koike
Misako Nishiguchi - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Setsuko Kusano
Matsue Kawamoto - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Kaoko Kase
Sanae Yamaishi - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Yumiko Tanabe
Kotsuru Kabe - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Ikuko Kanbara
Fujiko Kinoshita - Bunkyôjô Jidai