is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. Cast Nobuko Otowa as Kakuko Mori Chikako Hosokawa as Tsukiko, Kakuko's mother Shinsuke Ashida as Shinichirō Yagi Sen Hara as Chiyo, Akio's mother Sumiko Hidaka as Yugiku Yoshiya Tanie Kitabayashi Kei Taguchi as Tabata Taketoshi Naitō as Akio Satomi Eitarō Ozawa as Tarō Fujie Zenpei Saga as Sugisaburō Koreya Senda as Yasuda Ichirō Shimizu as Kunijirō Matsukawa Taiji Tonoyama Eijirō Tōno as Tadao Inoue Jūkichi Uno as Toshirō Yamashita References External links 1956 films 1956 drama films Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese-language films Films directed by Kaneto Shindo Films scored by Akira Ifukube Japanese black-and-white films 1950s Japanese films