Takeshi: Childhood Days

A city boy, Shinji, is sent to live in the countryside to escape the Tokyo bombings, where he experiences the complexities of rural school life, including a power struggle with the local class leader, Takeshi.

Cast

Tetsuya Fujita

as Shinji Kazama

Yuji Horioka

as Takeshi Ohara

Kazuyo Mita

as Kazama Shige (Aunt of Shinji)

Katsuhisa Yamazaki

as Futoshi Tanabe

Noritake Kobinata

as Kensuke Sudo

Atsuko Koyama

as Minako Saiki

Shima Iwashita

as Shizue Kazama (Shinji's mother)

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

as Shusaku Kazama (Shinji's father)

Mitsue Suzuki

as Kazama Masa (Shinji's grandmother)

Chōichirō Kawarasaki

as Tatsuo Kazama (Uncle of Shinji)

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