Plot
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
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Cast
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
Hiroko Uehara
Kotoe Katagiri - Bunkyôjô Jidai
Hitoshi Gôko
Isokichi Okada - Honkô Jidai
Shirô Watanabe
Takeichi Takeshita - Honkô Jidai
Jun'ichi Miyagawa
Kichiji Tokuda - Honkô Jidai
Takeaki Terashita
Tadashi Morioka - Honkô Jidai
Takeshi Satô
Nita Aizawa - Honkô Jidai
Shisako Ishii
Masuno Kagawa - Honkô Jidai
Akiko Koike
Misako Nishiguchi in upper class
Sadako Kusano
Matsue Kawamoto - Honkô Jidai
Kayoko Kase
Sanae Yamaishi - Honkô Jidai
Naoko Tanabe
Kotsuru Kabe - Honkô Jidai
Toyoko Ozu
Fujiko Kinoshita - Honkô Jidai
Masako Uehara
Kotoe Katagiri - Honkô Jidai
Toyoko Shinohara
Misako
Mayumi Minami
Kotsuru
Rei Miura
Takeichi
Yasukuni Toida
Kichiji
Yoshikazu Ōtsuki
Tadashi
Tatsuo Shimizu
Nita
Yoshiko Nagai
Kotoe
Shôsuke Oni
Kyôin
Nobuo Takagi
Kyôin
Tsutomu Uemura
Kyôin
Toshiyuki Yashiro
Ôishi Sensei no Ko - Daikichi
Yutaka Yashiro
Ôishi Sensei no Ko - Daikichi - Yônenki
Naoji Kinoshita
Jinan - Namiki
Hisayuki Ukita
Jinan - Namiki - Yônenki
Keiko Gôko
Chôjo - Yatsu
Keisuke Kinoshita
(uncredited)