A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
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Shinji Tanaka as Yôichi Akimoto
Yūko Mochizuki as Yôichi's mother, Oshin
Takahiro Tamura as Sudô
Yoshiko Kuga as Yôichi's older sister, Toyoko
Isuzu Yamada as Seiji's mother, Kiyo
Eijirō Tōno as Yôichi's father, Genkichi
Shinichi Himori as
Nobuo Nakamura as Seiji's father, Haruo
Noriko Arita as
Teruko Kishi as
Noriko Kikuoki as Yôichi's younger sister, Kazue
Kaoru Nobe as
Ryôhei Ôno as Seiji Harada
Shūichi Doki as
Eiko Takamatsu as
Kazuko Motohashi as
Tazuko Kusaka as
Chisato Kasuga as
Makiko Oka as
Toshihiro Mogi as
Kunio Teshirogi as
Masahiko Inoue as
Toshio Shimamura as
Mari Tanahashi as
Shinichirō Minami as
Miko Hirata as
Kimiyo Ōtsuka as
Yoshino Tani as
Tami Yamamoto as
Yasuto Takashima as
Hideo Matsuno as
Yasuyuki Suzuki as
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