87 minutes
3/26/1953
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.
Toshirō Mifune
as Ippei Hitachi
Ineko Arima
as Setsuko Fujino
Hajime Izu
as Ryosuke Tanabe
Mayuri Mokushô
as Toshiko Shiimura
Sumiko Abe
as Eiko Ishii
Keiko Sawamura
as Mikiko Iida
Masao Shimizu
as Setsuko's father
Sachiko Murase
as Setsuko's mother
Daisuke Inoue
as Setsuko's brother
Keiko Sawamura
Haruko Sugimura
Ken Mitsuda
Minoru Chiaki
Nobuo Nakamura
Eiko Miyoshi
Hiroshi Shiomi