19 February 1956 Drama 109 mins
Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.
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Masayuki Mori as Haruki Murakami
Tatsuya Mihashi as Keikichi Murakami
Mie Kitahara as Mikiko Mikihara
Sachiko Hidari as Ruiko Aso
Izumi Ashikawa as Tamako Murakami
Michiyo Aratama as Kumiko Yamana
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Masataka Tsuzuki
Shinsuke Maki as Tatsujirô Aso
Shirō Amakusa as Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner
Michisaburō Segawa as Shôta Nishimura
Yumi Takano as Fusako Murakami
Fudeko Tanaka as Shôta's Wife
Keiko Azuma as Woman Clerk
Youko Benisawa as Landlady
Hiroshi Chō as Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)
Yūzō Kawashima Director
Mitsuo Onishi Lighting Technician
Shōhei Imamura Screenplay
Yūzō Kawashima Screenplay
Kuratarō Takamura Director of Photography
Takeshi Yamamoto Producer
Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto Production Manager
Toshirō Mayuzumi Original Music Composer
Kimihiko Nakamura Art Direction
Hanae Mori Costume Design
Tadashi Nakamura Editor
Shōhei Imamura Assistant Director
Jiro Osaragi Novel
Fumio Hashimoto Sound Recordist
Fûsen Trailer
Japan 19 February 1956
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