1957

2h 21m

7.7(143 votes)

Drama

Overview

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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22 members

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原節子

Takako Numata

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有馬稲子

Akiko Sugiyama

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笠智衆

Shukichi Sugiyama

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山田五十鈴

Kisako Soma

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高橋貞二

Noburo Kawaguchi

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田浦正巳

Kenji Kimura

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杉村春子

Shigeko Takeuchi

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山村聰

Seki Sekiguchi

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信欣三

Yasuo Numata

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藤原釜足

Noodle Vendor

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中村伸郎

Sakae Aiba

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宮口精二

Policeman

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増田順司

Baa's Guest

No Image

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三好栄子

Midwife

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長岡輝子

Housekeeper Tomizawa

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桜むつ子

Baa's Female Servant

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須賀不二男

Saburo Tomita

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菅原通済

Mahjong Parlor Owner

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田中春男

Komatsu's Customer

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浦辺粂子

Komatsu's Mistress

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Kazuko Yamamoto

Yasuko Maekawa

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Tomoka Hasebe

Mahjong Player

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