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    Maria of the Ant Village

    110'

    1958-12-07

    8

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingHideo HorieWritingToru Matsui

    Cast

    1

    Satoko Kitahara

    Kakuko Chino

    1

    Kōji Nanbara

    1

    Shūji Sano

    2

    Kōji Mitsui

    2

    Jun Tatara

    1

    Fujio Suga

    2

    Akihiro Miwa

    2

    Fumio Watanabe

    1

    Machiko Mizuhara

    1

    Shizue Natsukawa

    1

    Mutsuko Sakura

    1

    Mitsuko Yoshikawa

    2

    Chōko Iida

    1

    Tatsuo Saitō

    1

    Zeko Nakamura

    1

    Hikaru Hoshi

    1

    Yasushi Nagata

    1

    Itoko Wakaura

    1

    Kaneko Iwasaki

    1

    William Ross

    1

    Elise Richter

    1

    Takeshi Sakamoto

    1

    Tokuji Kobayashi

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Kabuki-za
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 0.5321
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:蟻の街のマリア

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