At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.

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Cast

Yūko Mochizuki

Haruko Inoue

Keiji Sada

Tatsuya

Teiji Takahashi

Sato

Yōko Katsuragi

Haruko's daughter

Sanae Takasugi

Mrs. Akazawa

Ken Uehara

Masayuki Akazawa

Keiko Awaji

Wakamaru, a geisha

Shinichi Himori

Fujio Suga

Fujita

Tanie Kitabayashi

Ichizo's wife

Jun Tatara

Masami Taura

Haruko's son