A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The four remaining women have to take care of themselves. The eldest sister is calm and lady-like. The middle sister (played by Hara Setsuko), in contrast, is active and contemporary. She aspires to be a physician too. The story is based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Ranko Hanai
Fusako
Setsuko Hara
Sachiko
Yuriko Hanabusa
Satoko
Heihachirō Ōkawa
Hideo Nogami
Yoshio Kosugi
Gonnosuke Ooshi
Takashi Kotaka
Hiroshi Ogawa
Tsuruko Mano
Grandmother
Akira Nakamura
Takashi Ooshi
Harue Wakahara
Harumi
A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The four remaining women have to take care of themselves. The eldest sister is calm and lady-like. The middle sister (played by Hara Setsuko), in contrast, is active and contemporary. She aspires to be a physician too. The story is based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
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