What Made Her Do It?

Sumiko's father sends her to live with her alcoholic uncle. He sells her to a circus, which is the start of a downward spiral in an unforgiving world.

• Shigeyoshi SuzukiDirector
• Shigeyoshi SuzukiScreenplay

• Keiko TakatsuSumiko Nakamura
• Tamako NijôHideko Akiyama / Prefectural assemblywoman
• Chieko SonoOsada, wife of Yamada
• Shizuko OzakiUmeko Yazawa
• Eiko AidaOkaku Shimamura
• Rintarō FujimaAkimitsu Hasegawa
• Itaru HamadaTetsuzo Ogawa, circus manager
• Yōyō KojimaSahei Sakamoto
• Takashi AsanoKanta Yamada / Sumiko's uncle
• Saburô OonoYamashita / Police Sergeant
• Kangyô NakamuraMaster of pawnshop
• Hidekatsu MakiHara