A Grain of Wheat

The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.

Drama

Kenji Sugawara

Ayako Wakao

(Numata Ichiko)

Eijirō Tōno

Masahiro Kinoshita

Isamu Nakane

Eitarō Matsuyama

Yoshihiko Kanazawa

Minoru Takashima

Mitsuko Tanaka

Keiko Anjô

Akie Hiyama

Toshiko Kisaragi

Tatsuya Ishiguro

Koh Sugita

Bontarō Miake

Ichirō Izawa

Kanji Kawara

Tsuneko Sudō

Joe Ohara

Mariko Ogasawara

Saburo Sakai

Reiko Hibiki

Fudeko Tanaka

Kumeko Urabe