Recommended for age 8 and older. This Japanese feature focuses on a spunky girl who must take care of and even defend her younger brother while her mother, a single parent, works. An involving look at young people in contemporary Japan and one that relates easily to the experience of American children. Subtitles will be read aloud.

• Directed by Kazunari Takeda. Based on a story by Hiro Miyagawa. (1980, 96 mins, In Japanese with English titles (read aloud), 35mm, Color, Print from Nikkatsu Film Corp.)