In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.
Cast
Sumiko Kurishima
Omitsu
Tatsuo Saitō
Mizuhara, Omitsu's husband
Teruko Kojima
Fumi, Omitsu's son
Jun Arai
Neighbor
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Neighbor's wife
Takeshi Sakamoto
Unknown
Kenji Oyama
Unknown
Shigeru Ogura
Unknown
Chōko Iida
Landlady
Ranko Sawa
Unknown
Tsuruko Kumoi
Waitress #1
Teruko Wakamizu
Waitress #2
Einosuke Naka
Doctor
Ikkō Ōkuni
Unknown
Seiji Nishimura
Unknown
Reikō Tani
Unknown
Crew
Mikio Naruse
Director, Story
Tadao Ikeda
Screenplay
Suketarô Inokai
Cinematography
Heizô Iwaya
Assistant Director
Minoru Shibuya
Assistant Director
Minoru Matsui
Assistant Director
Matsunosuke Matsushita
Costume Design
Sae Takita
Hairstylist
Masao Koga
Original Music Composer
Kôjiro Kawasaki
Set Decoration
Matasaburo Okuno
Set Decoration
Seizô Kubota
Set Designer
Shozo Noguchi
Gaffer
Tatsuo Hamada
Art Direction
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