A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.
Mikio Naruse
Director

Chikage Awashima
Yae

Yōko Tsukasa
Miciko

Isao Kimura
Okawa

Keiju Kobayashi
Hatsuji

Kumi Mizuno
Hamako

Haruko Sugimura
Mother

Chōko Iida
Hidé

Hiroshi Tachikawa
Shinji

Michiyo Aratama
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