is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.
Plot
Sanae, a recent widow and the eldest daughter of a family, returns to her mother, eldest brother and his brother's wife. The family argues over what to do with the money Sanae's husband left her.
Cast
- Setsuko Hara as Sanae Sakanoshi, the eldest daughter
- Masayuki Mori as YÃ
«ichirÃ
 Sakanishi, the eldest son
- Hideko Takamine as Kazuko Sakanishi, Yuichiro's wife
- Reiko Dan as Haruko Sakanishi, the third daughter
- Mitsuko Kusabue as Kaoru Sakanishi, the second daughter
- Aiko Mimasu as Aki Sakanishi, the mother
- Akira Takarada as Reiji Sakanishi, the younger son
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Shingo Kuroki, a brewing engineer
- Hiroshi Koizumi as Hidetaka Tani, Kaoru's husband
- Haruko Sugimura as Kayo Tani, Hidetaka's mother
- Keiko Awaji as Mie Banishi, Reiji's wife
- Hiroshi Tachikawa as Makoto Asabuki, Haruko's lover
- Daisuke KatÃ
 as ShÃ
Âsuke Tetsumoto, Kazuko's uncle
- Ken Uehara as Sokei GojÃ
Â, Sanae's matchmaker
- ChishÃ
« RyÃ
« as old man in park
Release
Daughters, Wives and a Mother received a roadshow theatrical release at the YÃ
«raku-za Theatre in Tokyo, Japan on 21 May 1960. It was the first Japanese film to play at the theatre since World War II. It received a general release on 28 May 1960. The film was Toho's highest-grossing film production of 1960 and the eighth highest-grossing Japanese production of 1960. It was released in the United States with English subtitles by Toho International on December 1, 1978.
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