A Pebble by the Wayside
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.
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Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.
Late Spring
8.0Seven Chances
7.5A Page of Madness
7.4Mr. Klein
7.2The Revenge of Frankenstein
6.6Happiness
7.5Gasping for Air
6.7Le Plaisir
7.6Death Line
5.8New York Stories
6.2The Way Back
6.8Compulsion
7.1The Woman in the Window
7.4Early Spring
7.6Ju Dou
7.2Boot Hill
5.9To Have and Have Not
7.5Floating Weeds
7.5Le Doulos
7.4Hombre
7.1