Daughters, Wives and a Mother
This film features a large extended family (and associates) even more extensive than the one portrayed by Ozu in “End of Summer”. The central character is Setsuko Hara — a poised middle-aged woman, whose wealthy (and prestigious) husband dies at the outset of the action, leaving her widowed but holding the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former in-laws have no objection to her return to her own family.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mikio Naruse, Sakae Hirosawa
Actors: Akira Takarada, Daisuke Katō, Hideko Takamine, Hiroshi Koizumi, Keiko Awaji, Ken Uehara, Mitsuko Kusabue, Reiko Dan, Setsuko Hara, Tatsuya Nakadai