The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Daiei Film
Keywords
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- pregnancy
- rural area
- extramarital affair
- brother sister
- older brother younger sister
- brother and sister
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Top Cast
Machiko Kyō as Mon
Masayuki Mori as Inokichi
Yoshiko Kuga as San
Yūji Hori as Taiichi
Eiji Funakoshi as Kobata
Kumeko Urabe as Riki - the Mother
Mantarō Ushio as Kanichi
Top Crew
Mikio Naruse · Director
Yōko Mizuki · Screenplay
Saisei Murô · Novel
Ichirō Saitō · Composer
Shigeyoshi Mine · Cinematographer
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