Ragpicker's Angel

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***Ragpicker's Angel***  (蟻の街のマリア,   *Ari no machi no Maria*?, lit. Maria in the City of Ants) is a 1958 Japanese drama film produced by Shochiku Company Ltd. It was released to Japanese theaters on December 7, 1958.

## Plot

In 1945, a cute young lady visited the town of ants, a village of Bataya near the Sumida River and Kotoibashi near Asakusa. "Do you have anything to do with me? I'll do anything".... Bataya's curiosity and suspicious eyes shined. Her name is Satoko Kitahara-a daughter of a healthy family with a doctor of agriculture father and a kind mother, a Catholic with the baptismal name of Maria, but knowing this group of unhappy people and helping I was about to come. There was a good self-governing body in the city of ants. With the chairman at the center, the gambling fifty-three and his wife, former captain, and only uphill were all well organized and even deducted savings for the future. It was Matsuki, who is called a teacher, who united and instructed these people, but he planned to use Reiko who jumped in to hold a grand Christmas in the city of ants and have it covered in the newspaper every morning. did. The city of ants was eating away from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It took the sympathy of public opinion, led by journalism, to repel it. In this way, Reiko was able to join the city of ants, even if it was a prop used. I also met Father Zeno, who is touring the village of Bataya. Christmas was a great success and the teacher's success was as expected. Reiko began to teach the children of the village to study. Around the time of summer vacation, Reiko wanted to take children who couldn't go to the sea or mountains to Hakone, and held a bataya car to raise funds. Seeing her serious appearance, the teachers, who had been thought to be the whims of her daughter, were completely struck. The trip to Hakone was realized, and eventually a church was established with the cooperation of Reiko, Father Zeno, and the residents. A tearful letter from the death penalty in Muntinlupa that she learned about Reiko in the newspaper gave her even more confidence. Reiko persuaded the adults, and with the help of the children, once again grabbed the bataya car in the cold sky for community chests for the more unhappy. But overwork soon eroded her breasts.

## Staff

* Directed by   Heinosuke Gosho
* Written by   Keiji Hasebe
* Produced by   Jiro Kaga
* Music by   Yasushi Akutagawa
* Cinematography by   Haruo Takeno
* Edited by   Shin Nagata
* originally by   Matsui Toru

## Titles

* Maria in the City of Ants (Original Japanese title)
* Maria of the Ant Village (Original title)

## Overview

### Commentary

It depicts a Catholic woman who threw herself into the Bataya village on the banks of the Sumida River until she suffered from a chest illness. The original is Toru Matsui, a resident of the city of ants, adapted by Keiji Hasebe, one of the co-dramatists of "Flame", and directed by Heinosuke Gosho of "Greed". The photo was taken by Haruo Takeno of "Ukiyoburo". A newcomer from Takarazuka, Kakuko Chino, has been selected as the heroine, and Tatsuo Saito, Shinji Nanbara, Shuji Sano, Fumio Watanabe and others will appear.

## References

This is a list of references for **Ragpicker's Angel**. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

1. ↑ https://eiga.com/movie/34665/

## Gallery

*Main article: Ragpicker's Angel/Gallery.*
## External links

* Ragpicker's Angel on Eiga.com
* Ragpicker's Angel on IMDb