Maria of the Ant Village

Maria of the Ant Village

1958
1h 50m
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Overview

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kabuki-za
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 蟻の街のマリア
Release Date December 7, 1958
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0051374

Cast

Kakuko Chino
Kakuko Chino

Satoko Kitahara

Kōji Nanbara
Kōji Nanbara

Shūji Sano
Shūji Sano

Kōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui

Jun Tatara
Jun Tatara

Fujio Suga
Fujio Suga

Akihiro Miwa
Akihiro Miwa

Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe

Machiko Mizuhara
Machiko Mizuhara

Shizue Natsukawa
Shizue Natsukawa

Mutsuko Sakura
Mutsuko Sakura

Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Key Crew

Keiji Hasebe
Screenplay
Heinosuke Gosho
Director
Jiro Kaga
Executive Producer

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