Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Keisuke KinoshitaScreenplay
- Keisuke KinoshitaDirector
- Chūji KinoshitaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Yūko MochizukiHaruko Inoue
- Keiji SadaTatsuya
- Teiji TakahashiSato
- Yōko KatsuragiHaruko's daughter
- Sanae TakasugiMrs. Akazawa
- Ken UeharaMasayuki Akazawa
- Keiko AwajiWakamaru, a geisha
- Shinichi HimoriCast
- Fujio SugaFujita
- Tanie KitabayashiIchizo's wife
- Jun TataraCast
- Masami TauraHaruko's son
Stills
Themes
suicideuncleauntshrewpost warenglish teacherimproprietyenglish classadopteetrain travelabuse