The Child Writers

Overview

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to school together and find many interesting things in life. The children love literature and are good at writing essays. When they hear about a global competition for the best essay, they decide to take part and write an essay about how their school is going to be demolished and a military factory built in its place, about how difficult life is for their parents, how poor they are, but how they never lose their cheerfulness and hope. The essay was sent to Moscow, and the children eagerly await the decision. But Futyan did not wait for the answer; he caught a cold and became seriously ill. And since there was no money for his treatment, little Futyan died, and soon the answer came — the brother and sister's essay was awarded first prize.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 23, 1958

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TOHO

Cast

Hisaya Morishige,Masao Oda,Keiko Tsushima,Yūko Mochizuki,Takao Zushi,Kyōko Kagawa,Kin Sugai,Bokuzen Hidari,Nobuko Otowa

Director

Seiji Hisamatsu

Writer

Toshio Yasumi

Producer

Kazuo Takimura

Cinematography

Michio Takahashi

Music

Ichirō Saitō

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0202635