A Pebble by the Wayside
1938 · 131 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · DIR. Tomotaka Tasaka
Overview
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.
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00:00:01 A PEBBLE BY THE WAYSIDE
00:04:24 Why did you do that? This is moral training class.
00:09:22 That's true, but, anyway, it's useless for going into business.
00:13:23 But even Asa-chan of Iseya shop will go.
00:18:19 Please come in. Food is ready, not much though.
00:22:30 But in the spirit of blossoms falling incessantly,
00:27:43 You mention it again.
00:30:49 The father died so tragically,
00:37:15 Didn't it kick you back?
00:40:08 You say tomorrow. You want to escape!
00:47:07 Go - ichi...
00:51:26 by exercising their own body and brain for their clothing, food and housing.
00:56:59 I felt strange.
01:03:13 I don't know which makes me more pleased.
01:09:24 Gosuke-don.
01:14:35 Sensei is going to Tokyo. Work hard.
01:20:27 Instead of doing work, you're here reading a book.
01:27:16 Will you go to a doctor in Yamatomachi Town for help?
01:34:29 Damage would be a rumor
01:41:18 This is a nice house.
01:45:01 Boy. Go buy me tobacco.
01:49:00 Don't compare them with your poor family.
01:52:54 The time today is, "even a stone would cry".
01:58:56 THE END
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