In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier.
Directed by Mikio Naruse
son
tokyo, japan
single mother
silent film
husband
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Sumiko Kurishima
Omitsu
Tatsuo Saitō
Mizuhara, Omitsu's husband
Jun Arai
Neighbor
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
Neighbor's wife
Takeshi Sakamoto
Kenji Oyama
Shigeru Ogura
Chōko Iida
Landlady
Ranko Sawa
Teruko Wakamizu
Waitress #2
Seiji Nishimura
Reikō Tani
Crew
Mikio Naruse
Director
Masao Koga
Original Music Composer
Mikio Naruse
Story
Minoru Shibuya
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Lasse Jørgensen
4.3★ · 03/06/25
I didn't connect with it so much and it was just a bit boring, but still sad.
I didn't connect with it so much and it was just a bit boring, but still sad.
