Farewell to Dream (1956)
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
Released: Apr 17, 1956
Runtime: 78 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Shinji Tanaka, Yūko Mochizuki, Takahiro Tamura, Yoshiko Kuga, Isuzu Yamada, Eijirō Tōno
Crew: Yoshiko Kusuda (Writer), Keisuke Kinoshita (Director), Chūji Kinoshita (Original Music Composer), Hiroshi Kusuda (Director of Photography), Yoshi Sugihara (Editor), Kazue Hirataka (Art Direction)