On the outskirts of Tokyo, a family of Mitsu Nakahara lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu's husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as a day laborer. The eldest daughter Haruko, who is already nineteen years old, works in a clothing store, the second daughter Natsuko works in a restaurant, a schoolboy Akio is studying carpentry, and even the youngest Fuyuko helps her mother by working as a nanny in a neighboring house. Nearby lives a widowed electrician Tokuji Yamada with two boys - Norio and Tatsuo. He has a widowed daughter, Sakiko, who, along with a small child, ran away from home, as she is going through hard times. At Haruko's suggestion, Mitsu and Tokuji get married, and it would seem that happiness smiles on their new family, but it turned out to be short-lived…
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Cast
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Yukiko Todoroki
Mitsu Nakahara
Known for
Sanshiro Sugata
Hitomi Nozoe
Natsuko
Known for
Floating Weeds
Shinichi Himori
Tokuji Yamada
Known for
Ikiru
The Only Son
Masami Taura
Norio
Known for
Tokyo Twilight
Early Spring
Takeshi Sakamoto
Known for
A Story of Floating Weeds
I Was Born, But...
Toyo Takahashi
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Fusako Maki
Also in
Women of the Night
Pale Flower
Mutsuko Sakura
Known for
Tokyo Story
Maborosi
Kyoko Kami
Haruko
Also in
晴姿稚児の剣法
Always in My Heart Part 3
Shoji Maeda
Akio
Also in
Slope of the Ringing Bell Hill: The First Volume
Kyūkon sannin musume
Nobuko Murayama
Fuyuko
No other roles listed
Yasushi Obata
Tatsuo
Also in
Sazae-san
The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend
Tsuneo Tabata Director · Takao Yanai Screenplay Miho Mayama Author
First release February 17, 1954 · Produced in Japan · Original title 陽のあたる家
Production
Shochiku
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Japan
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Original title
陽のあたる家
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 17, 1954
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No release date listed for United States.
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