"When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears."
Shima Iwashita
as Oume
Ken Ogata
as Sokichi Takeshita
Mayumi Ogawa
as Kikuyo
Hiroki Iwase
as Riichi
Miyuki Yoshizawa
as Yoshiko
Jun Ishii
as Shôichi
Jun Hamamura
as Welfare Official
Keizo Kanie
as Akutsu
Yoshi Katō
as Doctor
Mizuho Suzuki
as Detective
Noboru Mitani
as Train Ticket Inspector
Seiichi Suzuki
Kunie Tanaka
as Policeman
Hatsuo Yamaya
as
Hideji Ōtaki
as Kimura, Bank Clerk
Shinobu Ôtake
as Policewoman
Takanobu Hozumi
as Mizuguchi
Eimei Esumi
Yoshie Hinoki
Yukio Horikita
Tokuo Ichimaru
Hirokazu Inoue
Hirokazu Ishii
Jun Kajima
Hisako Kawamura
Taku Kido
Shirô Matsuda
Norio Matsui
Yasukiyo Umeno
Noriyuki Watanabe
Katsu Yamamoto
Yoshitarō Nomura
Director
Masato Ide
Writer
Seicho Matsumoto
Story
Yoshiki Nomura
Co-Producer
Producer
Yasushi Akutagawa
Original Music Composer
Takashi Kawamata
Director of Photography
Kazuo Ôta
Editor
Kyôhei Morita
Art Direction
Noboru Isozaki
Set Decoration
Mamoru Komatsu
Production Manager
Hiroshi Yoshioka
Executive In Charge Of Production
Shingo Matsubara
Assistant Director
Teruo Yokote
Set Designer
Tadahiko Yamamoto
Sound Recordist
Takashi Yamamoto
Sound Effects Editor
Sôhei Hasegawa
Still Photographer
Matsutaro Kobayashi
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