

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

Ryō Ikebe
Segawa
Lead
Yōko Katsuragi
Oshiho

Osamu Takizawa
Tatsutarô Inoko

Jūkichi Uno
Ginnosuke Tsuchiya

Masao Shimizu
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Yoshi Katō
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Eitarō Ozawa
Takayanagi

Eijirō Tōno
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