The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.
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Cast
Chikage Awashima
Nobuko Miki
Masami Taura
Makoto Musuko, Nobuko's son
Tokuji Kobayashi
Nobuko's father
Kumeko Urabe
Nobuko's mother
Fujio Suga
brother Daisuke
Ken Uehara
Kujō, Nobuko's husband
Mitsuko Kusabue
Yumiko Kagami
Toshiko Kobayashi
Sumiko
Shozo Suzuki
Aoshima
Hitomi Nozoe
Midori, Aoshima's younger sister
Sachiko Murase
Aoshima's mother
Eiichi Sugasawara
Shojiro Enami
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