Alongside Tokyo's 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 rag-picker herself.
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Maria of the Ant Village Cast
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Shûji Sano
He was 46, 66 years old when he died
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Akihiro Miwa
He was 23, now 88 years old
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Koji Mitsui
was 14, 5 years old when died
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Chôko Iida
He was 61, 75 years old when he died
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Fujio Suga
He was 39, 78 years old when he died
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Mutsuko Sakura
She was 37, 83 years old when she died
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Tatsuo Saitô
He was 56, 65 years old when he died
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Jun Tatara
He was 41, 89 years old when he died
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Kaneko Iwasaki
She was 26, now 91 years old
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Yasushi Nagata
He was 51, 64 years old when he died
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Zeko Nakamura
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Fumio Watanabe
He was 29, 74 years old when he died
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Shizue Natsukawa
She was 49, 89 years old when she died
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Kakuko Chino
She was 24, 51 years old when she died
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as Satoko Kitahara |
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Takeshi Sakamoto
He was 59, 74 years old when he died
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Mitsuko Yoshikawa
She was 57, 90 years old when she died
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Tokuji Kobayashi
He was 57, 63 years old when he died
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William Ross
He was 10, now 75 years old
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Maria of the Ant Village Crew
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Department |
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Keiji Hasebe as Screenplay. He was 44 (now 109) years old
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Writing |
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Yasushi Akutagawa as Original Music Composer. He was 33 (64) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Heinosuke Gosho as Director. He was 56 (79) years old when He died
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Directing |
