A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside. The two boys are continuously harassed by their teachers and classmates through their childhood as a result of their Buraku heritage. In the midst of the 1918 Great Rice Riots in Osaka, Seitaro meets with Asako, the daughter of a rice shop owner, and falls in love with her. She too is of Buraku descent. At the same period, Hideaki, an old friend of the brothers returns to Komori, and he along with Koji and the townspeople create "Zenkoku Suiheisha", the National Levelers Association, an organization pledged to build a bridge over the river of discrimination, making all people equal in every way.
Yōichi Higashi
Director
Naoko Ohtani
Fude Hatanaka
Tamao Nakamura
Nui Hatanaka
Tetta Sugimoto
Seitaro Hatanaka
Atsuro Watabe
Koji Hatanaka
Masato Hagiwara
Sadao Shimura
Saki Takaoka
Nanae Minemura
Hiroko Nakajima
Asako Sugimoto
Ai Yasunaga
Machie Sugimoto
Etsushi Takahashi
Munenori Iseda
Disgrace62%
万引き家族78%
To Kill a Mockingbird79%
雨月物語80%
東京物語81%
上意討ち 拝領妻始末82%
切腹84%
Empire of the Sun75%
悪い奴ほどよく眠る77%
Kensuke's Kingdom71%
蜘蛛巣城79%
戦場のメリークリスマス72%
ある男71%
人間の條件 第１部純愛篇／第２部激怒篇81%
The Joy Luck Club71%
晩春80%
Wonder81%
Skin63%
乱80%
血と骨66%
