At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
Haruko Inoue
Tatsuya
Sato
Haruko's daughter
Mrs. Akazawa
Masayuki Akazawa
Wakamaru, a geisha
Fujita
Ichizo's wife
Haruko's son
Iwami
Ichizo's son
