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Status
Released
Release
1941
Runtime
2h 7m
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale.
22 Cast Members
Hideko Takamine
Ine Onoda
Chieko Takehisa
Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
Kamatari Fujiwara
Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
Kaoru Futaba
Ei, Ine's grandmother
Takeshi Hirata
Toyokazu Onoda, Ine's older brother
Toshio Hosoi
Kinjiro Onoda, Ine's younger brother
Setsuko Ichikawa
Tsuru Onoda, Ine's little sister
Sadao Maruyama
Master Yamashita, the teacher
Sadako Sawamura
Kikuko Yamashita
Yoshio Kosugi
Zenzo Sakuma
Tsuruko Mano
Mrs. Sakuma
Ayako Matsuoka
Their daughter
Sōji Kiyokawa
Mr. Sakamoto
Jun Masaki
Horse buyer
Tokiichiro Osaki
Horse Buyer
Ko Yamamuro
Horse Seller
Yōji Misaki
Horse Seller
Shinsuke Namiki
Horse Seller
Shunjûrô Sawamura
Prayer
Kyokuyo Tamai
Community Leader
