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Maria of the Ant Village

12/07/1958

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1hr 50min

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STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Kakuko Chino
  • Kôji Nanbara
  • Shūji Sano
  • Kōji Mitsui
  • Jun Tatara

    Directors

  • Hideo Horie
  • Heinosuke Gosho

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Kabuki-za

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Kakuko Chino

Satoko Kitahara

Kôji Nanbara

Shūji Sano

Kōji Mitsui

Jun Tatara

Fujio Suga

Akihiro Miwa

Fumio Watanabe

Machiko Mizuhara

Shizue Natsukawa