On This Earth (1957)
Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.
Released: Nov 22, 1957
Runtime: 98 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Hitomi Nozoe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyōko Kagawa, Keizō Kawasaki, Shin Saburi
Crew: Kōzaburō Yoshimura (Director), Seijirô Shimada (Story), Kaneto Shindō (Writer), Yoshihisa Nakagawa (Director of Photography), Shigeo Mano (Art Direction), Akira Ifukube (Music)