Top Cast
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Sachiko Katsumata
Tsuyako
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Miho Fujima
Yoshie
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Sonoe Mizoguchi
Fune
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Shinji Ozeki
Kinya
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Chieko Ichikawa
Older Yoshie
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Yuki Kimura
Harue
Overview
In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.
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