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Maria of the Ant Village (1958)

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Runtime : 1H 50M

Director : Heinosuke Gosho
Writer : Keiji Hasebe

Synopsis

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.

Actors

Kakuko Chino
Kakuko Chino
Satoko Kitahara
Kôji Nanbara
Kôji Nanbara
Shūji Sano
Shūji Sano
Kōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui
Jun Tatara
Jun Tatara
Fujio Suga
Fujio Suga
Akihiro Miwa
Akihiro Miwa
Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Machiko Mizuhara
Machiko Mizuhara
Shizue Natsukawa
Shizue Natsukawa
Mutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Chōko Iida
Chōko Iida
Tatsuo Saitō
Tatsuo Saitō
Zeko Nakamura
Zeko Nakamura
Hikaru Hoshi
Hikaru Hoshi
Yasushi Nagata
Yasushi Nagata
Itoko Wakaura
Itoko Wakaura
Kaneko Iwasaki
Kaneko Iwasaki
William Ross
William Ross
Elise Richter
Elise Richter
Takeshi Sakamoto
Takeshi Sakamoto
Tokuji Kobayashi
Tokuji Kobayashi

Crews

Jiro Kaga
Jiro Kaga
Executive Producer
Toru Matsui
Toru Matsui
Original Story
Keiji Hasebe
Keiji Hasebe
Screenplay
Heinosuke Gosho
Heinosuke Gosho
Director
Haruo Takeno
Haruo Takeno
Director of Photography
Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Tōtetsu Hirakawa
Art Direction
Mitsuharu Hirata
Mitsuharu Hirata
Lighting Technician
Michio Okazaki
Michio Okazaki
Sound Recordist
Yasushi Akutagawa
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Shin Nagata
Shin Nagata
Editor
Hideo Horie
Hideo Horie
Assistant Director