The film tells the story of four orphans living in an impoverished mining town. An adaptation of a best-selling book based on the diary of a ten-year-old zainichi (ethnic Korean Japanese) girl, it was one of the first films to deal with the subject of zainichi identity and struggles in Japan.
Shōhei Imamura | Director |
Sueko Yasumoto | Novel |
Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
Shinsaku Himeda | Director of Photography |
Mutsuo Tanji | Editor |
Kimihiko Nakamura | Art Direction |
Kirio Urayama | Assistant Director |
Ichirō Ikeda | Screenplay |
Shōhei Imamura | Screenplay |
Yasuo Iwaki | Lighting Director |