
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
Cast

Chisako Hara
Kuniko

Akemi Kita
Chieko

Kyōko Kagawa
Mrs. Shima

Chikage Awashima
Nogami

Yōsuke Natsuki
Tsukasa Hayakawa

Chieko Naniwa
Kumeju

Chieko Nakakita
Yoshi Takagi

Noriko Sengoku
Shizuka

Sadako Sawamura
Kitamura

Kokinji Katsura
Mr. Takagi

Akihiko Hirata
Shima

Hisaya Ito
Kuniko's pimp

Misako Tominaga
Yoshimi

Chieko Seki
Oyuki

Kin Sugai
Unknown

Fumiko Okamura
Okada

Kiyomi Mizunoya
Unknown

Masumi Harukawa
Harada
Yaeko Izumo
Unknown
Eijiro Sakauchi
Unknown
Shigeo Nakahara
Hayashi

Bin Amatsu
Unknown

Senkichi Ōmura
Nishi
Michiyo Tsukino
Hanada
Katae Ozu
Unknown
Yoko Saegusa
Unknown
Kazue Tagami
Matsuko
Yuki Aresa
Tomeko
Yoshiko Nogawa
Kimiko
Satoko Fukai
Takeko
Junko Kuroda
Mitsuko
Chiyoko Mizumachi
Toriko
Yoshie Kumagai
Unknown
Crew

Kinuyo Tanaka
Director

Sumie Tanaka
Screenplay
Masako Yana
Story

Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Ichiro Nagashima
Executive Producer
Hideyuki Shiino
Producer
Motoji Kojima
Production Design
Akira Nishio
Sound Effects Editor
Kenji Nagaoka
Sound Recordist
Noboru Nishio
Sound Recordist

Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Chihiro Imaizumi
Gaffer
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