Roadside Stone
7.5
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.
Where to watch
Not streaming anywhere
Not on any streaming service in United States, and not available to rent.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
25 people
Chikage Awashima
Oren
Known for
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Early Spring
Katsuo Nakamura
Teacher
Known for
Demons
Steamboy
Nobusaburô Honda
Mikio Mori
Miyoji Ieki
Shuichi Ikeda
Goichi
Known for
One Piece Film Red
Tenjho Tenge
Hanjirô Nakazawa
Yuzo Yamamoto
Yôichi Watanabe
Kei Satō
Shogo
Known for
Onibaba
Harakiri
Chūji Kinoshita
Yoshikazu Sugi
Kihei
Also in
Quick-draw Okatsu
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Miyoji Ieki Director · Yuzo Yamamoto Author Chūji Kinoshita Composer
First release June 14, 1964 · Produced in Japan · Production Toei Tokyo
Production
Toei Company
Production
Toei Tokyo
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
路傍の石
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 14, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
More from Miyoji Ieki
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Roadside Stone
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.