A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high birth, the other a maid, are manipulated by the threads of fate as they vie for the affection of the same young man.
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32 people
Ayako Wakao
Known for
Street of Shame
Floating Weeds
Mitsuko Mito
Known for
Ugetsu
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Kumeko Urabe
Known for
Ikiru
Hachiko
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Known for
Floating Weeds
Kokuten Kōdō
Known for
Seven Samurai
Throne of Blood
Satoko Minami
Also in
Secret of Naruto
Image of a Mother
Keizō Kawasaki
Also in
Warning from Space
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yoshiko Fujita
Also in
The Blue Sky Maiden
Yakuza Law
Yosuke Irie
Known for
Floating Weeds
Street of Shame
Masaya Tsukida
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Toyomi Karita
Also in
Warning from Space
Tokyo Crime Map
Ayako Sugimoto
Also in
Punishment Room
The Eyes of the Jaguar
Kōzō Saeki Director · Atsushi Shirakawa Story Yoshihisa Nakagawa Cinematographer
First release August 1, 1956 · Produced in Japan · Original title あさ潮ゆう潮
Production
Daiei Film
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Japan
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Original title
あさ潮ゆう潮
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 1, 1956
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No release date listed for United States.
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