
Senta lives with his mother and little brother and supports them by working at day at a factory and attending eighth grade in the evening. One day he finds a letter on his desk, left by Ryohei, a day school student who has lost his pencil case and asks his night-school counterpart to return it…
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Cast

Teiji Takahashi
Day time teacher

Keiju Kobayashi
Night time teacher

Yōichi Numata
(uncredited)

Michiyo Kogure
Senta's mother (uncredited)
Okinari Yoshioka
Senta
Takeshi Ando
Ryohei
Saburō Bōya
Train passenger (uncredited)

Norihei Miki
Train passenger (uncredited)
Misako Sakaguchi
(uncredited)
Junji Masuda
Postmaster (uncredited)
Katsuyuki Nomura
Senta's younger brother (uncredited)
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