Overview
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery store, and works a local inn. The boy befriends a girl, the daughter of the innkeeper.
Director and cast
- Mikio Naruse Director
- Nobuko Otowa as Shigeko Fukatani
- Yōsuke Natsuki as Shotaro Yamada
- Chisako Hara as Harue Yamada
- Daisuke Katō as Tomioka
- Seizaburō Kawazu as Asao
- Kenzaburo Osawa as Hideo Fukatani
- Futaba Ichiki as Junko Mishima
- Kamatari Fujiwara as Tsunekichi Yamada
- Natsuko Kahara as Sakae Yamada
- Kin Sugai as The Aunt
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