Fumie Namura is an ambitious high school graduate, who’s encouraged by her teacher Mr. Kōda to apply for university. Due to her family’s poor state, she instead takes up a teaching position at a junior high school in the mountain village Fukasawa. There she meets an idealistic teacher named Tetsuo Yasunari, who proposes the idea of a school library room. Upon his death, she continues his legacy.

Genres

Cast

Yoshiko Kuga

Fumie Namura

Ken Takakura

Mr. Kōda

Hitomi Nakahara

Yoshie Hatakeyama

Isao Kimura

Tetsuo Yasunari

Eitarō Ozawa

Kansuke Namura

Sadako Sawamura

Teru Namura

Masao Mishima

Vice Principal Mr. Koga

Eijirō Tōno

Principal Saiki

Tomo'o Nagai

Mr. Morimoto

Tokue Hanazawa