Movie Drama
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.
Japan Japan
Setsuko Hara Hideko Takamine Tatsuya Nakadai Akira Takarada Hiroshi Koizumi Reiko Dan Mitsuko Kusabue Keiko Awaji Daisuke Katō Ken Uehara Haruko Sugimura Hiroshi Tachikawa Chieko Nakakita Akemi Kita Chishū Ryū Aiko Mimasu Masayuki Mori Hideko Ebata Hiroshi Hayashi Shoji Ikeda Kimiko Kayo Takashi Matsuoka Reiko Sasamori Toki Shiozawa Chie Sugiura
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