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Oshin (1984)

Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto

Overview

Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and mother, who is expecting another child, barely have enough to eat. In order to make ends meet for her family, 7-year-old Oshin gives up school and decides to become a servant in the household of a wealthy family, where she faces trials and tribulation beyond her worst fears.

Length 123 minutes

Actors

Ayako Kobayashi | Pinko Izumi | Shirô Itô | Teruko Nagaoka | Aya Shikiya | Taro Ishida | Chitose Kobayashi | Eiji Okuda | Masanobu Ôkubo | Aki Takejo