Overview

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Kanda Seiji. In consequence, Shukichi leaves for Tokyo, where he becomes tutor to the son of the rich Iwaki family. The heartbroken Kinue also makes her way to the capital, where she becomes a bar hostess.

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Cast

Mitsugu Fujii

Shûkichi Ôsaki

Hiroko Kawasaki

Kinue Nishimura

Michiko Kuwano

Tomone Iwaki

Isamu Yamaguchi

Matsumura, chauffeur

Hideo Fujino

Keinosuke Iwaki

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Kayo

Shigeru Ogura

Muraki

Toshiaki Konoe

Yamashita

Reikichi Kawamura

Ôsaki's father

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Ôsaki's mother

Tomio Aoki

Shigeru, Ôsaki's brother

Fumiko Katsuragi

Kanda's grandmother