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Synopsis
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Kinuyo Tanaka
Cast
Kyōko Kagawa
Cast
Eiji Okada
Cast
Akihiko Katayama
Cast
Daisuke Katō
Cast
Yōnosuke Toba
Cast
Masao Mishima
Cast
Chieko Nakakita
Cast
Eiko Miyoshi
Cast
Atsuko Ichinomiya
Cast
Mikio Naruse
Director
Yōko Mizuki
Writer

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