The Pencil Thief
Centered on a pencil-loss incident at an elementary school, this story gently and quietly portrays the beauty of children’s innocent hearts.
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Cast
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Kinuko Obata
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Yoshiko Matsuo
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Minoru Takada
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Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
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Kumiko Mizuhara
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The Shiinomi School
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Michiko Megumi
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Kazuaki Komiya
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The Life of Matsu the Untamed
Hyōchū no Bijo
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日地谷周二
峯尾滋
渋沢準
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目時威邦
Sumie Kaneko
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Roadside Stone
League of Gangsters
Norio Nakagawa Director · Yūji Uehara Cinematographer
First release February 27, 1957 · Produced in Japan · Production Shochiku
Production
秀映社スミダプロ
Production
Shochiku
Production
Japan
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Original title
えんぴつ泥棒
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 27, 1957
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No release date listed for United States.
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