A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
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Akiko Miwa
Ayako Miwa
Yukiko Sasaki
Shotaru Goto
Michiko
Koichi
Soichi Mamiya
Shukichi Miwa
Shuzo Taguchi
Nobuko
Fumiko
Seiichiro Hirayama
Director
Screenplay
Producer
1961
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1958
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1971
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1962
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1957
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2011
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2005
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2022