Overview

Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an anniversary wake. Some time following the ceremony one of the attendees marries the widow. Soon another friend of the deceased and his family also make the house their home when they move to town. Everyone's life is changed quite a bit. When the newer husband sustains an injury to his leg and loses his job it leads to the wife having to work. By the time the fifth anniversary of the friend's death occurs and another reunion is held another friend is in love with the former widow.

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Cast

Setsuko Hara

Katsuko

Toshirō Mifune

Shuntarō Ōhira

Shin Saburi

Narasaki

Keiju Kobayashi

Takeuchi

Kaoru Yachigusa

Asako

Yuriko Hamada

Kayo

Haruo Tanaka

Sachio Sakai

Ryōhei Uchida

Murasaki Fujima

Junko Miyauchi

Yoshie Minami