The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.
Chikage Awashima
Nobuko Miki
Masami Taura
Makoto Musuko, Nobuko's son
Tokuji Kobayashi
Nobuko's father
Kumeko Urabe
Nobuko's mother
Fujio Suga
brother Daisuke
Ken Uehara
Kujō, Nobuko's husband