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White Fish

A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.

Top Cast

  • Setsuko Hara

    Setsuko Hara

    Sachiko

  • Ken Uehara

    Ken Uehara

    Koyama

  • Hiroshi Koizumi

    Hiroshi Koizumi

    Sumida

  • Mariko Okada

    Mariko Okada

    Kuniko

  • Yūnosuke Itō

    Yūnosuke Itō

    Komiya

  • Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

    Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

    Iwatani

  • Ken Mitsuda

    Ken Mitsuda

    Toyama

  • Eiko Miyoshi

    Eiko Miyoshi

    Nan

  • Yoshiko Hirose

    Yoshiko Hirose

Overview

A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.

Rating

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