The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage prospects of the younger sister San, in her cash-strapped family. The ill-tempered eldest brother Inokichi decides to take on the role of disciplinarian, with harrowing results.

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Cast

Machiko Kyō

Mon

Masayuki Mori

Inokichi

Yoshiko Kuga

San

Yūji Hori

Taiichi

Eiji Funakoshi

Kobata

Kumeko Urabe

Riki - the Mother

Mantarō Ushio

Kanichi

Kenichi Miyajima

Kanji Kawara

Zenji Yamada

Toyogorô

Noriko Honma

Kaku Takashina