
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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