Top Cast
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Hideko Takamine
Ine Onoda
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Chieko Takehisa
Saku Onoda, Ine's mother
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Kamatari Fujiwara
Jinjiro Onoda, Ine's father
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Kaoru Futaba
Ei, Ine's grandmother
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Takeshi Hirata
Toyokazu Onoda, Ine's older brother
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Toshio Hosoi
Kinjiro Onoda, Ine's younger brother
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Setsuko Ichikawa
Tsuru Onoda, Ine's little sister
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Sadao Maruyama
Master Yamashita, the teacher
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Sadako Sawamura
Kikuko Yamashita
Overview
Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles to prevent the sale.
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