is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Torahiko Tamiya. Cast Nobuko Otowa as Sakie / Umeko Hiroyuki Nagato as Tamatarō Jūkichi Uno as Kiichi Chikako Hosokawa as Madame Tanie Kitabayashi as Nobuyo Akitake Kōno as Yoshizō Fukuko Sayo as Kurimoto's wife Masami Shimojō Ichirō Sugai as Kurimoto Harue Tone as Saku Taiji Tonoyama as Gensaku References External links 1956 films Japanese drama films 1950s Japanese-language films 1956 drama films Films directed by Kaneto Shindo 1950s Japanese films Japanese black-and-white films