Moon of the Plateau

(1942)

Year: 1942

Runtime: 85 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 佐々木啓祐

Cast: Hajime Asada, Keiko Chigaura, 飯田蝶子, 三浦光子, 岡村文子, 坂本武, 佐野周二, 高峰三枝子, 出雲八重子, Hiroshi Nagao

Plot

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains. As for their parents, father was serving in the South Seas and mother died of illness on her way home. So, the brother, who is still young, will live alone with his grandfather whilst the sister goes away to study to become a teacher.