A family comprised of a man, woman and their only son is torn apart when the father, who is a doctor with his own clinic, is to go off to war. Soon the wife and the son are left without an update of his status and whether he is alive or not. With the clinic lying dormant the doctor's wife rents the premises to her husband's underling. This is a man who does not accept payment from the poor. The woman, in the meantime, works at a restaurant whose owner being ill has given her additional duties. Her younger sister is an unmarried finance writer who also lives with them. It is both sisters, however, who receive marriage proposals.
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Setsuko Hara
Sachiko
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Ken Uehara
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Hiroshi Koizumi
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Yūnosuke Itō
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Hisatora Kumagai Director · Dai Nishijima Screenplay Yutaka Mafune Author
First release August 5, 1953 · Produced in Japan · Original title 白魚
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TOHO
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Japan
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Original title
白魚
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 5, 1953
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