19 Aug 2008
Restraint
Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.
A Japanese Tragedy
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.
Top Billed Cast
望月優子 Haruko Inoue
佐田啓二 Tatsuya
高橋貞二 Sato
桂木洋子 Haruko's daughter
高杉早苗 Mrs. Akazawa
上原謙 Masayuki Akazawa
淡路恵子 Wakamaru, a geisha
日守新一 
須賀不二男 Fujita
北林谷栄 Ichizo's wife
多々良純 
田浦正巳 Haruko's son
柳永二郎 Iwami
小林十九二 
水木涼子 矢吹寿子 Kunio Teshirogi Tazuko Kusaka Norikazu Takeda 
青木富夫
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