Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the older widow she works with that the new girl is undoubtedly her half-sister. When the younger sister suddenly flees on account of a misunderstanding, Asako makes up her mind to find the mother who deserted them both.
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Cast
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Yaeko Mizutani
Also in
Notes of an Itinerant Performer
First Steps Ashore
Machiko Mizuhara
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こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
Kihan Nagase
Yoshitomo Nagase
Kôjirô Sasaki
Shozaburo Yamaguchi
Chieko Murata
Known for
A Hen in the Wind
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Keisuke Sasaki
Toshihiko Takeda
Keiko Kishi
Known for
The Makioka Sisters
Early Spring
Tadashi Manjome
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Known for
Samurai Rebellion
Red Beard
Keisuke Sasaki Director · Kihan Nagase Screenplay Toshihiko Takeda Story
First release August 17, 1951 · Produced in Japan · Original title 母待草
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Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
母待草
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 17, 1951
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