97 minutes
11/19/1961
Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth of mother's hands. It seemed that joy settled in their house again. But one day a storm caught the fishermen at sea. Father did not return... Father's friends, fishermen, tried to help the widow, who was left with two children. But the money was still not enough. And then Kazuo decided to become a fisherman. After all, he was now the eldest in the family...
Hiroyuki Ôta
as Kazuo Morozumi
Mitsuo Hamada
as Shinji
Yōko Minamida
as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
Jūkichi Uno
as Aikichi, Kazuo's father
Kayo Matsuo
as Sugiko
Chōko Iida
as Riki
Eijirō Tōno
as Genji
Masako Izumi
as Miyoko
Yumi Takano
as Sueno
Hiroshi Ishii
as Nobuo, Kazuo's younger brother
Nobuo Kawakami
as Yazō
Kotoe Hatsui
as Fusyo
Nobuo Kaneko
as Kihei
Zenji Yamada
as Shimadachi
Toyo Fukuda
as Haru
Fumio Ōmachi
as Kinsaku
Michio Hino
as Rinkichi
Arihiro Fujimura
as Sewing machine salesperson
Kenji Kawai
as Professor
Ikuko Kimuro
as Teacher
Rikiya Kinugasa
as Butcher
Shingo Ishioka
as Man from Abekku
Kyoko Natsu
as Urban woman