The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reactions of the characters to their oppressed state.
Directed by Mikio Naruse, Tomoyuki Tanaka
User score
7 votes
Released
March 29, 1959
2h 6m
Japanese
Ken Yamauchi
(as Ken Kubo)
Ryoko Koda
Masayuki Mori
Akira Takarada
Akira Kubo
Kumi Mizuno
Takashi Shimura
Kyū Sazanka
Yoshibumi Tajima
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kunio Otsuka
Chieko Nakakita
Bokuzen Hidari
Eiko Miyoshi
Kōji Uruki
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