
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Cast

Chishū Ryū
Shuhei Hirayama

Shima Iwashita
Michiko Hirayama

Keiji Sada
Koichi

Mariko Okada
Akiko

Teruo Yoshida
Yutaka Miura

Noriko Maki
Fusako Taguchi

Shinichirō Mikami
Kazuo

Nobuo Nakamura
Shuzo Kawai

Eijirō Tōno
Sakuma, The 'Gourd'

Kuniko Miyake
Nobuko

Kyôko Kishida
Madame Kaoru

Ryuji Kita
Tamako

Toyo Takahashi
Wakamatsu's Owner

Shinobu Asaji
Youko Sasaki

Masao Oda
Watanabe

Fujio Suga
Bar Customer
Zenichi Inagawa
Bar Customer

Daisuke Katō
Yoshitaro Sakamoto

Haruko Sugimura
Tomoko Sakuma

Michiyo Tamaki
Tamako Horie
Matsuko Shiga
Woman in the Apartment
Tami Yamamoto
Unknown
Kentarō Imai
Unknown
Hisayo Komachi
Unknown

Tsûsai Sugawara
Dousousei Sugai
Crew

Yasujirō Ozu
Director, Screenplay

Kōgo Noda
Screenplay
Yoshiyasu Hamamura
Editor
Yûharu Atsuta
Director of Photography
Kôzô Tashiro
Assistant Director
Shizuo Yamanouchi
Producer
Minoru Kanekatsu
Production Design
Yûji Nagashima
Costume Design
Yoshisaburo Seno
Sound Recordist
Takanobu Saitō
Original Music Composer
Tatsuo Hamada
Art Direction
Shigeo Ogiwara
Art Direction
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