

121 minutes
5/25/1972
The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino, a waitress supporting her impoverished relatives. The couple decides to marry despite the significant emotional and social hardships each faces, viewing their love as a means to overcome the shame and despair inherited from their pasts.

Komaki Kurihara
as Shino

Gō Katō
as Tetsuro
Yasushi Nagata
as Tetsuro's father

Hisako Takihana
as Tetsuro's mother

Kinzō Shin
as Shino's father

Kaneko Iwasaki
as Kayo
Kayoko Onishi
as Sayako

Hisashi Igawa
as Tetsuro's brother

Kin Sugai
as Wellwisher on train

Toshie Kimura
as Okami

Karin Yamaguchi
as Aya
Yuriko Abe
as Shino's mother

Isao Hashimoto
Ken'ichi Matsuno
Kazuo Tachibana

Shinobu Tsuruta
Wataru Kobayashi

Nobuko Miyamoto
as Tetsuro's other sister