During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

• DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
• Release4 October 1986
• Genre
  Drama / Comedy
• Duration2h 15m
• Budget?
• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.7
  6 reviews
• Productions

  Nippon Television Network Corporation, VAP