At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Shochiku
Keywords
- suicide
- uncle
- aunt
- shrew
- post war
- english teacher
- impropriety
- english class
- adoptee
- train travel
- abuse
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Top Cast
Yūko Mochizuki as Haruko Inoue
Keiji Sada as Tatsuya
Teiji Takahashi as Sato
Yōko Katsuragi as Haruko's daughter
Sanae Takasugi as Mrs. Akazawa
Ken Uehara as Masayuki Akazawa
Keiko Awaji as Wakamaru, a geisha
Top Crew
Keisuke Kinoshita · Director, Screenplay
Chūji Kinoshita · Composer
Hiroshi Kusuda · Cinematographer
Yoshi Sugihara · Editor
Takashi Koide · Producer
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