A Pebble by the Wayside
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“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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Cast
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Akihiko Katayama
Goichi Aikawa
Also in
Mother
The Lady of Musashino
Reizaburo Yamamoto
Known for
Drunken Angel
Stray Dog
Tadao Ikeda
Tomotaka Tasaka
Yoshio Aramaki
Hisako Takihana
Goichi's mother - Oren
Also in
The Long Darkness
Tokyo March
Yuzo Yamamoto
Shirô Izome
Yuriko
Also in
Five Scouts
Submarine Number One
Saburô Isayama
Sadako Sawamura
Sumie
Known for
Good Morning
Street of Shame
Fumiko Matsudaira
Katsuko
No other roles listed
Kansho Yoshii
Iseya Master
Also in
Horror of the Fifth Columnist
Submarine Number One
Tomotaka Tasaka Director · Yoshirō Aramaki Screenplay Yuzo Yamamoto Story
First release September 21, 1938 · Produced in Japan · Original title 路傍の石
Production
Nikkatsu Corporation
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Japan
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Original title
路傍の石
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 21, 1938
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No release date listed for United States.
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