The Maid's Kid
Film poster
Directed byTasaka Tomotaka
Screenplay by
  • Tasaka Tomotaka
  • Susaki Katsuya
Based onJochūkko
by Yuki Shigeko
Produced byAshida Shozo
Starring
CinematographyIsayama Saburo
Edited byTsujii Masanori
Music byIfukube Akira
Production
company
Distributed byNikkatsu
Release date
  • 26 June 1955 (1955-06-26) (Japan)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Maid's Kid (女中ッ子, Jochūkko) is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese drama film directed by Tasaka Tomotaka. It is based on the novel of the same title by Yuki Shigeko.[1][2][3]

The film reached place 7 in Kinema Junpo's Top Ten list of Japanese Films of 1955.[4]

Plot

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her family. She grows close to their youngest son Katsumi, experiencing things that will change her view on life.[5]

Cast

References

  1. "女中ッ子". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  2. "女中ッ子". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  3. "女中ッ子". Japanese Cinema Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  4. "1955年度キネマ旬報ベストテン". Cinema 1987 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. "女中ッ子". Nikkatsu (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 February 2023.
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