Maria of the Ant Village

Name: Maria of the Ant Village
Released: 2020-06-30
Duration: 1 hr 50 min
Cast: Kakuko Chino, Kōji Nanbara, Shūji Sano, Kōji Mitsui, Jun Tatara

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NR 1 hr 50 min

Alongside Tokyos 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 ragpicker herself

StarringKakuko ChinoKōji NanbaraShūji Sano

DirectorHeinosuke Gosho

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