Maria of the Ant Village
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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Kakuko ChinoSatoko Kitahara | Satoko Kitahara |
 Kōji NanbaraNot listed | Not listed |
 Shūji SanoNot listed | Not listed |
 Kōji MitsuiNot listed | Not listed |
 Jun TataraNot listed | Not listed |
 Fujio SugaNot listed | Not listed |
 Akihiro MiwaNot listed | Not listed |
 Fumio WatanabeNot listed | Not listed |
| MMachiko MizuharaNot listed | Not listed |
 Shizue NatsukawaNot listed | Not listed |
 Mutsuko SakuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Mitsuko YoshikawaNot listed | Not listed |
 Chōko IidaNot listed | Not listed |
 Tatsuo SaitōNot listed | Not listed |
 Zeko NakamuraNot listed | Not listed |
 Hikaru HoshiNot listed | Not listed |
| YYasushi NagataNot listed | Not listed |
| IItoko WakauraNot listed | Not listed |
 Kaneko IwasakiNot listed | Not listed |
| WWilliam RossNot listed | Not listed |
| EElise RichterNot listed | Not listed |
 Takeshi SakamotoNot listed | Not listed |
 Tokuji KobayashiNot listed | Not listed |