Sumiko's father sends her to live with her alcoholic uncle. He sells her to a circus, which is the start of a downward spiral in an unforgiving world.
as Sumiko Nakamura
as Hideko Akiyama / Prefectural assemblywoman
as Osada, wife of Yamada
as Umeko Yazawa
as Okaku Shimamura
as Akimitsu Hasegawa
as Tetsuzo Ogawa, circus manager
as Sahei Sakamoto
as Kanta Yamada / Sumiko's uncle
as Yamashita / Police Sergeant
as Master of pawnshop
as Hara
as Shintarô Ichikawa
as Tamai / Old man
