Overview

A novice city-based teacher's first assignment is to a fishing village's grade school. The young teacher's first week with her new students is enjoyable, but she gradually notices that many of the students are skipping school. Visiting her students after class, she realizes that many of them are charged with work and tasks like making money, toiling on the farm, doing housework or tending to their younger siblings. Many of them live in unhygienic homes due to poverty or overwork. She not only reports and explains the situation to the school's principal, but also attempts to improve the conditions by making textbooks, teaching cleanliness, and making her classes relevant.

Cast

Setsuko Hara, Yōtarō Katsumi, Ichiro Sawai, Shiro Mizutani, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yumiko Togawa, Sayuri Tanima, Yuriko Hanabusa

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What is "Young Teacher" about?

A novice city-based teacher's first assignment is to a fishing village's grade school. The young teacher's first week with her new students is enjoyable, but she gradually notices that many of the students are skipping school. Visiting her students after class, she realizes that many of them are charged with work and tasks like making money, toiling on the farm, doing housework or tending to their younger siblings. Many of them live in unhygienic homes due to poverty or overwork. She not only reports and explains the situation to the school's principal, but also attempts to improve the conditions by making textbooks, teaching cleanliness, and making her classes relevant.

When was "Young Teacher" released?

Young Teacher was released in 1942.

Who stars in "Young Teacher"?

The cast includes Setsuko Hara, Yōtarō Katsumi, Ichiro Sawai, Shiro Mizutani.