Film

Hakuchō wa kanashikarazuya

1949 · 1h 37m

Reiko Nishida, though she had both parents, felt lonely because she couldn’t fit in with the cold atmosphere at home. A student at Wakaba Academy in Osaka, she eventually succumbed to the allure of a superficial lifestyle and joined a group of delinquents, but Kimiko Kimizuka, a student council member, tried desperately to save her friend from the path of crime.

Chieko Higashiyama

Kinzō Shin

Masao Mishima

Mitsuko Mito

Michitarō Mizushima

Yasushi Nagata

Kuniko Igawa

Kamatari Fujiwara

Setsuko Wakayama

Eizo Tanaka

Sachiko Murase

Yoshiko Kuga

Yaeko Izumo

• Shirō ToyodaDirector
• Yasutaro YagiScreenplay
• 海老原靖兄Producer
• Tsuneyasu MatsumotoProducer
• Mitsuo MiuraDirector of Photography

Release date

August 1, 1949

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 37m