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Status
Released
Release
1957
Runtime
2h 1m
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A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
23 Cast Members
Hideko Takamine
Oshima
Ken Uehara
Tsuru, the first husband
Daisuke Katō
Onoda, the second husband
Masayuki Mori
Hamaya, her lover
Mitsuko Miura
Oyu
Takashi Shimura
Owner of the rice mill
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kimura
Eijirō Tōno
Oshima's father
Teruko Kishi
Oshima's mother
Seiji Miyaguchi
Sotaro, Oshima's older brother
Chieko Nakakita
Osuzu, Oshima's older sister
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kisuke, the foster father
Noriko Honma
Otora, the foster mother
Sadako Sawamura
Oshima's aunt
Haruo Tanaka
Fusayoshi
Kokuten Kōdō
Kinshichi
Akira Tani
Sakutaro
Natsuko Kahara
Otoku
Yatsuko Tan'ami
Flower Master
Bokuzen Hidari
Old man
