Cast
Yūko Mochizuki 
Keiji Sada 
Masami Taura
Credits
Written by: 
Keisuke Kinoshita
Plot
A war widow works hard to raise her children, who eventually abandon her. A portrait of postwar Japan, with newsreel footage.
Sinekatalog’s take
Keisuke Kinoshita's drama follows a war widow who sacrifices everything for her children, who eventually abandon her, with newsreel clips as counterpoint. Yūko Mochizuki is heartbreaking in a bitter, moving portrait of postwar Japan.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (457 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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