
In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.
Cast

Kinuyo Tanaka
Michiko Akiyama

Yukiko Todoroki
Tomiko Ono

Masayuki Mori
Tadao Akiyama

Akihiko Katayama
Tsutomu Miyaji

So Yamamura
Eiji Ono

Eitarō Shindō
Shinzaburo Miyaji

Kiyoko Hirai
Tamiko Miyaji
Minako Nakamura
Yukiko Ono
Mie Asô
Unknown

Taizō Fukami
Unknown
Yaeko Izumo
Unknown
Ken'o Kawasaki
Unknown
Mitsuo Matsumoto
Unknown
Satoru Nishida
Narita
Reiko Otani
Takako Sasamoto
Eizaburô Sakauchi
Unknown

Noriko Sengoku
Maid in the Ono house
Toyomi Shiozawa
Unknown
Shirō Tsuchiya
Unknown
Michiko Tsuyama
Eiko
Sanemon Suzuki
Unknown
Crew

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Yoshikata Yoda
Writer
Shohei Ooka
Novel
Yoshiharu Bandô
Editor
Masao Tamai
Director of Photography
Shigeaki Hidaka
Assistant Director
Hideo Koi
Producer
Takashi Matsuyama
Production Design
Shôji Kameyama
Sound

Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects

Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Teruo Maki
Production Manager
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