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In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery. Heita also finds solace in the village pastor Yasugi and his teacher Michiko, but they too have problems of their own.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 68
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 54 min
A typical length for dramas, +5 min on the typical 109
typical 109114Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1954
December 29, 1954
72 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Masaki Kobayashi Director, Writer
Camera · 1
- Seiji Inoue Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Chūji Kinoshita Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Kazue Hirataka Production Design, Art Direction
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