

141 minutes
4/30/1957
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

Setsuko Hara
as Takako Numata

Ineko Arima
as Akiko Sugiyama

Chishū Ryū
as Shukichi Sugiyama

Isuzu Yamada
as Kisako Soma

Teiji Takahashi
as Noburo Kawaguchi

Masami Taura
as Kenji Kimura

Haruko Sugimura
as Shigeko Takeuchi

So Yamamura
as Seki Sekiguchi

Kinzō Shin
as Yasuo Numata

Kamatari Fujiwara
as Noodle Vendor

Nobuo Nakamura
as Sakae Aiba

Seiji Miyaguchi
as Policeman
Junji Masuda
as Baa's Guest

Eiko Miyoshi
as Midwife

Teruko Nagaoka
as Housekeeper Tomizawa

Mutsuko Sakura
as Baa's Female Servant

Fujio Suga
as Saburo Tomita

Tsûsai Sugawara
as Mahjong Parlor Owner

Haruo Tanaka
as Komatsu's Customer

Kumeko Urabe
as Komatsu's Mistress
Kazuko Yamamoto
as Yasuko Maekawa

Tomoka Hasebe
as Mahjong Player