Summary
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 82GoodWatch 79
Audience score95%
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.9/5
IMDb7.5
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for dramas, −11 min on the typical 109
typical 10998Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1952
June 12, 1952
74 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 10 more15 people
- Kinuyo TanakaMasako Fukuhara
- Kyōko KagawaToshiko Fukuhara
- Eiji OkadaShinjiro Hirai
- Akihiko KatayamaSusumu Fukuhara
- Daisuke KatōSokichi Kimura
- Yōnosuke TobaNaosuke Fukuhara
- Masao MishimaRyosuke Fukuhara
- Chieko NakakitaNoriko Kurihara
Eiko MiyoshiGrandmother
Atsuko IchinomiyaKoyo Fukuhara
Noriko HonmaMino Hirai
Sadako SawamuraOsei
Zeko NakamuraShinzo Hirai- KEKeiko EnamiHisako Fukuhara
- TITakashi ItôTetsuo Kurihara
Directing · 2
- Mikio Naruse Director
- Teruo Ishii Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Yōko Mizuki Screenplay
Production · 2
- Ichiro Nagashima Producer
- Ken Aoyama Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Hiroshi Suzuki Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hidetoshi Kasama Editor
Sound · 1
- Ichirō Saitō Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Masatoshi Katō Production Design
Lighting · 1
- Kaiya Sato Gaffer
Other crew · 1
- Kihachiro Nakai Sound Recordist
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