
It is 1922 and Fumiko is a high school student. Her family is poor but she loves to study literature. Her father, a peddler, does not return home and Fumiko finds herself in financial trouble, not being able to pay for her schooling and her school excursion trip. Still, she gets a temporary job at a factory and tries to make ends meet. A film about bright side of youth adapted from the television serial of the same name.

as Fumiko Hayashi

as Kohei Osugi

as Jiro Sasaki

as Tsugiko Sasaki

as Mino Hayashi


as Shigesuke Hayashi

as Teacher Ikegami


as Teacher Gunda

as Jiro's older brother


as Jiro's father

as Teacher Mori

as Kikumaru Segawa