Roadside StoneMovie
The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.
About Roadside Stone
Roadside Stone is a 1964 drama movie directed by Miyoji Ieki.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 37m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Chikage Awashima, Katsuo Nakamura, Shuichi Ikeda, Kei Satō. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
