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Synopsis
Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.
Hideko Takamine
Cast
Ryō Ikebe
Cast
Eiji Okada
Cast
Yōichi Numata
Cast
Kieko Sawamura
Cast
Kyōko Kagawa
Cast
Kuniko Miyake
Cast
Ken Uehara
Cast
Katsumasa Okamoto
Cast
Tatsuo Saitō
Cast
Heinosuke Gosho
Director
Jun Takami
Writer
Kennosuke Tateoka
Writer

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