Where to watch A Pebble by the Wayside (1938) in the UK
A Pebble by the Wayside (1938) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 11 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
Adaptation of Yamamoto Yuzo's novel.
Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a young boy brought up entirely by his mother since his drunken father is never home. An intelligent teacher wants to send him to middle school, but instead the father apprentices him to a clothing store to which he is in debt. The mother dies and the boy is forced to quit work when his father insults the store owner. Later the boy goes to Tokyo, but only to continue his hardships. First he is forced to do a maid's job at a boarding house and later is used by an old woman to steal at funerals. Finally he is rescued by the teacher, whom he meets in Tokyo.
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Cast & crew
Top-billed cast in A Pebble by the Wayside.
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Akihiko KatayamaGoichi Aikawa -
Reizaburo Yamamoto
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Hisako TakihanaGoichi's mother - Oren -
Shirô IzomeYuriko -
Sadako SawamuraSumie -
Fumiko MatsudairaKatsuko
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Kansho YoshiiIseya Master
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Toshimasa InoueTailor Gin
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