剧情介绍
明治末期。吾一少年は成績優秀だが、借金のかたに奉公に出される。その家の子女、秋太郎とおきぬはかつての同級生。二人は主人とともに吾一につらくあたるのだった。まもなく母のおりんが病で死ぬが、家を出たまま父は帰ってこなかった。すべてに幻滅した吾一は、新たな人生を求めて東京行きの列車に乗る……。
In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going well at home, however, where his father does not work leaving the mother to toil . With the boy's family having no money he cannot progress his education and has to drop out of school. A neighbour, who is a bookstore owner, offers the family money to allow the boy to continue his schooling, but the father is too proud to accept and rebuffs the offer forcing the boy to work.