

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.
Directed by Mikio Naruse
User score
19 votes
Released
August 19, 1953
1h 26m
Japanese

Machiko Kyō
Mon

Masayuki Mori
Inokichi

Yoshiko Kuga
San

Yūji Hori
Taiichi

Eiji Funakoshi
Kobata
Reizaburo Yamamoto

Kumeko Urabe
Riki - the Mother

Mantarō Ushio
Kanichi

Kenichi Miyajima

Kanji Kawara

Zenji Yamada
Toyogorô

Noriko Honma

Kaku Takashina
Kan Takami

Gen Harada

Shin Suzuki
Noboru Kusakabe
Mieko Tsukushi

Sachiko Meguro
Yōko Mikawa