The Shiinomi School

Jun 28, 1955

1h 40m

★ 6.5

Overview

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled children at their own expense. Based on a true story, it features natural child performances under Hiroshi Shimizu’s skillful direction.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shintoho Company

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Cast

Kayoko Atsumi

Kyōko Kagawa

Doctor Tanaka

Yukiko Shimazaki

Yudo Yamamoto

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Teruhiko Yamamoto

Ryô Iwashita

Sankichi Murata

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Doctor

Shin Date

Yoshio Ōmori

Fumio Ōmachi

Chiyoko Komine

Kumiko Mizuhara

Ichiro Kodama

Toshikazu Hara

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