Yearning (1964)

War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detriment.

Cast (21)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Hideko Takamine

Reiko Morita

Yūzō Kayama

Koji Morita

Mitsuko Kusabue

Hisako Morizono

Mie Hama

Ruriko

Aiko Mimasu

Shizu Morita

Yū Fujiki

Mr. Nomizo

Kazuo Kitamura

Mr. Morizono

Hisao Toake

Mr. Okamoro

Kumeko Urabe

Bar Madam

Kan Yanagiya

Mr. Kaga

Yutaka Sada

Mr. Murata

Yutaka Nakayama

Yumi Shirakawa

Takako Morita

Chieko Nakakita

Mrs. Kaga

Gen Shimizu

Yasuhiko Saijō

Y

Yasuzō Ogawa

T

Toshiko Yabuki

Wakako Tanabe

Haruo Nakajima

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

N

Noriko Sakabe

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