In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
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Fujiko Yamamoto
Kiwa Funaki
Ken Uehara
Yukio Takemura
Keizō Kawasaki
Goro Okamoto
Michiko Ai
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Kazuko Ichikawa
Atsuko Takemura
Michiko Ono
Miyo Funaki
Shunji Natsume
Kiyoyoshi Funaki
Yoichi Funaki
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Hikaru Hoshi
Sakuraya
Kaketsu Yamacha
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