Top billed cast

1. 

   Setsuko Hara

   Taeko Nasu

2. 

   Masayuki Mori

   Kinji Kameda

3. 

   Toshirō Mifune

   Denkichi Akama

4. 

   Yoshiko Kuga

   Ayako

5. 

   Takashi Shimura

   Ono, Ayako's father

6. 

   Chieko Higashiyama

   Satoko, Ayako's mother

7. 

   Eijirō Yanagi

   Tohata

8. 

   Minoru Chiaki

   Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary

9. 

   Noriko Sengoku

   Takako

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-12

"Kameda" (Masayuki Mori) is a Japanese soldier suffering from what looks like a degree of PTSD after he only narrowly escaped a firing squad for a crime he did not commit in his country's war with Russia. His mental status is distinctly precarious when he heads home. Along the way he encounters the savvy "Akama" (an on-form Toshirô Mifune) who is also a man on a bit of a mission - to wed his sweetheart "Taeko" (Setsuko Hara) who has been the kept woman of an older man for many a year. She is effectively put up for sale, and her potential buyer is a man - "Kayama" (Minoru Chiaki) - who is asso...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• jealousy
• love triangle
• snow
• blizzard
• dostoevsky
• post war japan
• epileptic
• russian literature