Tokiko patiently awaits her husband’s return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution. A month later, her husband returns to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together, they must deal with the consequences.
Chishū Ryū , Kinuyo Tanaka , Takeshi Sakamoto , Kōji Mitsui , Fumiko Okamura , Shūji Sano , Chieko Murata , Yoshino Tani , Eiko Takamatsu , Ichirō Shimizu , Toshinosuke Nagao , 10 more , Reiko Minakami , Chiyoko Fumiya , Keiko Izumi , Kenzo Nakagawa , Kunio Teshirogi , Hōhi Aoki , Fujiko Osafune , Binnosuke Nagao , Sakae Nakayama , Chiyoko Ayatani
