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Basic Info
Release: December 07, 1958
Runtime: 110 min
Status: Released
Creative Fabrica

Maria of the Ant Village

1958 110 min
Overview

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.

Genres
Drama
Production Countries
  • Japan
Spoken Languages
  • Japanese ja

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Cast
Kakuko Chino
Kakuko Chino
Satoko Kitahara
Kōji Nanbara
Kōji 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
Shizue Natsukawa
Shizue Natsukawa
Mutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Crew
Jiro Kaga
Executive Producer
Keiji Hasebe
Screenplay
Heinosuke Gosho
Heinosuke Gosho
Director
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