
135 minutes
10/4/1986
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

Isako Washio
as O-Shouchan

Yasufumi Hayashi
as Soutaroh Sudou
Jun'ichirô Katagiri
as Sakae Ohsugi
Aiko Shouriki
as Mizue Okami

Koichi Sato
as Chuui Aoki

Riki Takeuchi
as Kawakita

Toshinori Omi
as Yuuta Hayami

Makoto Satō
as Seiroku the Pimp

Nenji Kobayashi
as Gonzoh

Akira Ōizumi
as School Custodian

Guts Ishimatsu
as Gunroh Tabata

Toru Minegishi
as Sakae's Father

Wakaba Irie
as Soutaroh's Mother
Kumeko Uchibe
as Old Woman at Stone Image

Izumi Hara
as Old Woman with Urn

Shigeru Izumiya
as Old Fisherman

Toshie Negishi
as Sakae's Mother

Joe Shishido
as School Principal

Tomokazu Miura
as Soutaroh's Father
Saburō Bōya
as Bonchan's Father