A Woman's Life (1955)

The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.

Cast (19)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Chikage Awashima

Nobuko Miki

Masami Taura

Makoto Musuko, Nobuko's son

Tokuji Kobayashi

Nobuko's father

Kumeko Urabe

Nobuko's mother

Fujio Suga

brother Daisuke

Ken Uehara

Kujō, Nobuko's husband

Mitsuko Kusabue

Yumiko Kagami

Toshiko Kobayashi

Sumiko

S

Shozo Suzuki

Aoshima

Hitomi Nozoe

Midori, Aoshima's younger sister

Sachiko Murase

Aoshima's mother

Eiichi Sugasawara

Shojiro Enami

Kinzō Shin

Director

C

Chukan Inagawa

assistant inspector

Daisuke Katō

police officer

Torahiko Hamada

Detective

Keijirō Morozumi

Detective

Ushio Akashi

Sawai

H

Hideaki Nagai

Young man

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