Takashi Asano

Lost Film directed by Sotoji Kimura

The unfortunate Sumiko is sent from place to place: to live with her alcoholic uncle, then sold to the circus, then adopted by a wealthy family, and finally sent to a Christian orphanage.

Kanegon, a 28 year old, moves into his abandoned school after returning to his hometown from Tokyo. He practices his table tennis skills everyday to fulfil his dream of joining the Bundesliga, a prominent table tennis league. His old classmates find out of his return and as they hang out together at school, they find where Kanegon is "now".