Released:
1951-06-22

Overview:
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke and Shizu to marry so that she can remain close to Shinnosuke.

Director:
Kenji Mizoguchi

Runtime:
1h 34min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Kinuyo Tanaka
  as
  Oyû Kayukawa
• 
  Nobuko Otowa
  as
  Shizu
• 
  Yūji Hori
  as
  Shinnosuke Seribashi
• 
  Kiyoko Hirai
  as
  Osumi
• 
  Reiko Kongō
  as
  Otsugi Kayukawa