At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
as Haruko Inoue
as Tatsuya
as Sato
as Haruko's daughter
as Mrs. Akazawa
as Masayuki Akazawa
as Wakamaru, a geisha
as Fujita
as Ichizo's wife
as Haruko's son
as Iwami
as Ichizo's son
