Movie Drama
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.
Japan Japan
Ken Uehara Setsuko Hara Yukiko Shimazaki Yōko Sugi Akiko Kazami Haruko Sugimura Ranko Hanai Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi Keiju Kobayashi Sō Yamamura Akira Ôizumi Ichirō Shimizu Haruo Tanaka Chieko Nakakita Sayuri Tanima Mitsue Tachibana Kumeko Otowa Yaeko Izumo Teruko Nagaoka Kumeko Urabe Hisako Takihana Eitarō Shindō
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