“A moving story that will stir the hearts of women everywhere! The beautiful story of a young teacher's life, illuminated by a single ray of love!”
Fumie Namura is an ambitious high school graduate, who’s encouraged by her teacher Mr. Kōda to apply for university. Due to her family’s poor state, she instead takes up a teaching position at a junior high school in the mountain village Fukasawa. There she meets an idealistic teacher named Tetsuo Yasunari, who proposes the idea of a school library room. Upon his death, she continues his legacy.
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Cast
27 people
Yoshiko Kuga
Fumie Namura
Known for
Good Morning
Equinox Flower
Ken Takakura
Mr. Kōda
Known for
Black Rain
The Yakuza
Toshio Yasumi
Akira Ifukube
Hideo Sekigawa
Seiichi Yoshino
Hitomi Nakahara
Yoshie Hatakeyama
Also in
All My Children
Kimi no na wa
Yoshio Miyajima
Noriko Haruoka
Sachie Namura
Also in
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
First Love of Okon
Satoru Ainoda
Hiroko Mine
Mari Hayafune
Also in
Prince of Space
Moonlight Mask
Yoshiki Nagasawa
Hideo Sekigawa Director · Toshio Yasumi Screenplay Tetsusho Sato Story
First release June 10, 1958 · Produced in Japan · Production Toei Tokyo
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Toei Company
Production
Toei Tokyo
Production
Japan
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Original title
季節風の彼方に
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 10, 1958
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No release date listed for United States.
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