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Whistling in the Morning
Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's bill and gave up going to high school. His friends heard about this, and they donated money to his mother. So, Minoru goes to high school and yet he delivers newspapers cheerfully whistling every morning. A memorable film debut by Sayuri Yoshinaga, a representative of the Japanese film industry.The film adaptation of "Newspaper Delivery" by Minoru Yoshida, who won the Minister of Education Award at the national small and Medium student essay competition.
Cast
- Hiroshi Kato as Minoru
- Takahiro Tamura as Takashi Sudo
- Sayuri Yoshinaga as Miwako Kariya
- Akira Yamanouchi
- Kuniko Igawa as Minoru's mother
- Masao Oda as Minoru's father
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Sadako Sawamura
- Kenji Yoshino
- Reiko Hitomi
- Shoji Sayama
- Shinji Tanaka
Details
- Director
- Chisato Ikoma
- Released
- March 4, 1959
- Runtime
- 1h 1m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Shochiku
- Status
- Released
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