is a 1956 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. Cast Mie Kitahara as Chiho Teraoka Nobuko Otowa as Hagiyo, Chiho's mother Rentarō Mikuni as Ryūkichi Fukase Ranko Akagi as Yoshie, Ryūkichi's mother Sen Hara as Sama (as Senko Hara) Nobuo Kaneko as Takakura Sachiko Murase as Uta, Chiho's grand mother Terumi Niki Ichirō Sugai as Sōkichi, Ryūkichi's father Yoshiko Tsubouchi as Kuniko (as Mieko Tsubouchi) 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