The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
Cast
Masumi Harukawa
Sadako Takahashi
Kō Nishimura
Koichi Takahashi
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Hiraoko
Yūko Kusunoki
Yoshiko Masuda
Ranko Akagi
Tadae Takahashi
Bumon Kahara
Pawnshop's Husband
Yoshi Katō
Seizo Takahashi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Kinu Takahashi
Fumie Kitahara
Hisako Karihara
Kazuo Kitamura
Seiichiro Takahashi
Yoshie Kitsuda
Namie Takahashi
Hiroshi Kondō
Nitta
Seiji Miyaguchi
Genji Miyata
Shoichi Ozawa
Kazuyuki Tamaru
Ryusei Ito
Guitarist
Taiji Tonoyama
Beret Musician
Junichi Yamanobe
Chief Watanabe
Yasuo Itoga
Eiji Tamura
Kosuke Hisamatsu
Family Register Clerk
Masuyo Suzumura
Wake Guest
Tomio Aoki
Neighbor
Terue Shigemori
Neighbor
Chigusa Takayama
Neighbor
Sakutarō Yamakawa
Neighbor
Kōsuke Sumita
Neighbor
Yoshio Tsuchida
Neighbor
Hyōe Enoki
Unknown
Masako Urushizawa
Unknown
Sumio Takatsu
Unknown
Yoshie Mifune
Unknown
Crew
Shōhei Imamura
Director, Screenplay
Keiji Hasebe
Screenplay
Shinji Fujiwara
Story
Mutsuo Tanji
Editor
Shinsaku Himeda
Director of Photography
Saburo Endo
Assistant Director
Jirô Tomoda
Producer
Koshiro Jinbo
Sound Recordist
Yasuo Iwaki
Lighting Director
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Masanori Yamanoi
Production Manager
Kimihiko Nakamura
Art Direction
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